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China quake death toll at 2183

Straits Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
BEIJING - THE death toll from last week's earthquake in northwestern China has climbed to 2183, with another 84 people missing, state media reported. The number of injured remained at 12135, with more than 1000 in a serious condition, ...

Tibetan monks ordered to leave China's quake zone

The Associated Press - Alexa Olesen - ‎2 hours ago‎
BEIJING — Earthquake survivors say the Tibetan monks helped first, bringing food, pitching tents and digging through rubble after disaster hit far western China a week ago, killing and injuring thousands. Now the Buddhist monks who responded first are ...

High level of rescue goes beyond altitude

China Daily - Xiong Lei - ‎2 hours ago‎
Watching from afar, I am struck by the high level of the rescue work at Yushu, the Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province, western China, which was devastated by a 7.1 magnitude quake on April 14. ...

"A clear reason for the order wasn't given but it was very strict," said Woeser, who also uses just one name. "Local officials told them through translators in Tibetan 'You've done everything already. You've done too much. You have to leave Yushu now, otherwise there will be trouble.'"
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Candlelight vigil to honor China quake victims

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎2 hours ago‎
Utah's Chinese community will stage a candlelight vigil Friday to honor the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2000 people in China's western Qinghai province. The 6.9-magnitude quake decimated the high-altitude Tibetan city of ...

Donations that count

China Daily - ‎2 hours ago‎
An evening charity show on April 20 by State broadcaster CCTV raised 2.175 billion yuan ($319 million) for the victims of the April 14 earthquake in Yushu county, Qinghai province. The amount was more than the 1.514 billion yuan collected at a similar ...

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Dispatch from China: Organized Grief

Foreign Policy (blog) - Christina Larson - ‎10 hours ago‎
Wednesday was an official day of mourning across China for the victims of the recent Qinghai earthquake, which has so far claimed about 2000 lives. ...

China mourns quake victims

Calcutta Tube (blog) - ‎13 hours ago‎
Beijing, April 21 (IANS) Top Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao, Wednesday paid tributes here to more than 2000 victims of the devastating quake ...

Chinese media turns black-and-white to mourn quake victims

Calcutta Tube (blog) - ‎13 hours ago‎
Beijing, April 21 (IANS) Print and online versions of major Chinese newspapers including China Daily, Global Times, People's Daily and Shanghai Daily wore a ...

Beijing, China

Int'l community continues to send condolences to China

Xinhua - ‎3 hours ago‎
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Foreign leaders and the heads of international and regional organizations continued to send condolences to China on Tuesday ...

Significant progress made in quake relief

Xinhua - ‎3 hours ago‎
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Wednesday significant progress had been made in relief work in Yushu region since it was ...

Earthquake tributes raise individual lives to national prominence

Xinhua - Miao Xiaojuan, Anne Tang - ‎15 hours ago‎
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao bowed Wednesday in a silent tribute to victims of a ...

Shanghai, China

Silence and tears as nation mourns

Shanghai Daily - ‎9 hours ago‎
President Hu Jintao (center) and the other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee stand ...

Sentiment of Expo: Our hearts go out to victims

Shanghai Daily - ‎9 hours ago‎
By Staff Reporters | 2010-4-22 | NEWSPAPER EDITION WHITE lilies and roses and wreaths replaced music and gaiety inside Shanghai's World Expo zone yesterday, ...

Nationwide mourning held for quake dead

EastDay.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
The nation came together in mourning on Wednesday in remembrance of the more than 2000 people killed in the devastating quake that hit Yushu, ...

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Stars join quake relief
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China arrests 4 for fraud in name of quake relief
‎11 hours ago‎ - China Daily
China's earthquake death toll passes 2000
‎Apr 19, 2010‎ - National Post

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