[Caipirabob]

What a nightmare. The biggest comfort is that China has grown so far with their infrastructure and utilities that they can respond faster to this than say, 20 years ago.

Prayers for the innocent...

[don-o]

Welcome to Free Republic. Are you Chinese?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I just noticed your sign-up date. You’re not a ChiCom PLA troll are you? Just asking...

[Stonewall Jackson]

Welcome to FR. I hope you stick around for a while.

I read a pretty good article in a newspaper yesterday comparing and contrasting the differences between the disaster responses of the governments in Myanmar and China.

I might not agree with a number of the positions of the Chinese government, but I applaud their efforts at assisting their people in this time of trouble and for allowing international relief efforts to provide whatever aid they are offering.

One of the news articles about the quake stated that it was felt from Beijing to Hanoi. Did you feel it in Shanghai?