Stories from Sichuan – the earthquake and its victims
May 19th, 2008
Powerful Earthquake Kills Thousands in China : NPR
A 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocked China’s Sichuan province May 12, flattening buildings and killing thousands of people. A team of NPR reporters who were in the province when the massive earthquake hit are providing eyewitness accounts of destruction and survival.The reporting team for NPR is being assisted by Philip He from our partner in China, Wild China. The link above gives access to many stories of amazing human endurance in the face of this disaster.
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Beijing Olympics after effects (fund raiser for earthquake victims)
