A man cries while sitting amongst debris in Hongguang village in Qingchuan County,
Posted on 05/12/2008 12:27:28 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has hit China's Sichuan province. The tremor was felt across the entire region - shaking buildings in the capital, Beijing, as well as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. US Geological Survey said the quake struck 57 miles north-west of the city of Chengdu at 2.29pm local time (6.28am GMT).
Some 10 million people live in Chengdu.
I am a Chinese and my English is bad, but i hope i can express what i want to say here...
this is a disaster to Humanbeings, tears in eyes when i saw that death, those children who lost their mum and dad forever...
i am feeling feeling the love from all over the worlds, i believe this is all Chinese feeling...
i don’t know how to say it in better english, i am not a chinese now, you are not American, we are one family, China and American are only the room No.to identify which room we are in under the sky,
my poor english...
tears in eyes, thank you, all American, color of skins and hairs can never separate us, hand in hand, make our family better...
the sun will be in sky tommorrow, even it is rainning now...
Up to 2008-05-17 00:28AM, China Time (GMT+08:00)from: http://news.sina.com.cn/pc/2008-05-13/326/651.html
Death: 22,069, injured: 159,000, buried: >14,000, rescued: 27,569
The center of this quake is in Sichuan, but it shook almost the whole nation and the deaths in other province are,
1. Gan-Su province: death 365,
2. Shan-XI province: death 109,
3. Chong-Qing: death 15,
4. He-Nan: death 2,
5. Yun-nan: death,1
6. HU-bei: death1
The number of death is increasing…
God bless china, hope there is no quake in heaven, and let all there live a peace life…
My son waked up and is beside me, he is too young to understand where his groups of young mates went…
Tears in heaven…
Alot of us here in the United States felt that way when the Twin Towers were attacked and so many died.
People around the world reached out with their condolences and it was very heart warming.
I saw it in the biggiest news site in china and hope it will help you know more about recent news.
My husband and I wish to extend our deepest sympathy and concern for those who are suffering from this terrible earthquake in China.
The human suffering and misery is deeply painful to all who have heard of it or seen it. We hope the Chinese government is letting the peoples of the world help them to help their people by accepting aid from our governments and our charities.
I am so glad to see the Japanese are there and trying to help.
Recently I read a conjecture that Japan was settled by survivors of a Chinese fleet that had been hit by a typhoon during the time of Emperor Qin.
Probably the Japanese don’t like to think about that, but it only goes to show my belief that all of us in the world are related to each other.
...this is a disaster to Humanbeings, tears in eyes when i saw that death, those children who lost their mum and dad forever...
You express perfectly my own thoughts on this catastrophe.
You are more eloquent than you think.
Thanks for posting.
...this is a disaster to Humanbeings, tears in eyes when i saw that death, those children who lost their mum and dad forever...
You express perfectly my own thoughts on this catastrophe.
You are more eloquent than you think.
Thanks for posting.
The Chinese fleet survivor story is mostly a story. and help or sorrow or prayers have no nationality, That is what made us human being
I agree.
But sometimes it is interesting to read about ancient history and fun to think about possible things that might have happened.
So much news is tragic and painful that it is good to balance it with interesting and fun and beautiful things.
These pictures are just a few out of so many. The human suffering is hard to comprehend.
Thanks for posting that pic Dav. I read the story of that pond drying up. Crazy.
That’s amazing. This world is a dangerous place to live!
This is from a news report by Audra Ang at www.drudgereport.com
“A Japanese rescue crew arrived early Friday - the first international relief workers in the disaster zone. China initially was reluctant to accept foreign offers of help, but the Foreign Ministry said early Friday that specialist teams from Russia, South Korea and Singapore also were welcome.
“It was the first time ever that China accepted outside professionals for domestic disaster relief, Foreign Ministry counselor Li Wenliang told Xinhua.
“Singapore’s Foreign Ministry said a 55-member team would arrive in Sichuan later Friday. Taiwan’s Red Cross also has said China agreed to accept a 20-person emergency relief team from the island. Taiwan is sending a cargo plane to Chengdu with tents and medical supplies.”
We’re sorry that so far the Chinese government is not accepting offers of aid from other nations, but we are glad that some aid is being accepted.
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