China Hit By Earthquake

Drudge Report ^ | Updated:08:00, Monday May 12, 2008 | Sky News

[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.

[Lijahsbubbe]

chinese gov refused accepting foreign rescue teams saying that the traffic situation is not suitable for them to enter the quake

That's very sad to hear.

[freedomvamos]

江西境内圣火传递将缩减规模 并为四川震区捐款 Olympic torch relay will deduce it's scale and all the players will pray for the quake victims.... and along the road, calling for donation for the quake disaster. http://2008.163.com/08/0513/22/4BRU4A3Q00742K6N.html a good turn....

[RightWhale]

Anger rather horror is the response. Anger at the government. Rightly so.

[DavFeng]

a mother trying to find her son in one collapsed high school

[Lijahsbubbe]

Great info and map. Thanks much. It’s hard to comprehend this kind of damage and death.

[Lijahsbubbe]

That poor woman. These pictures are very hard to look at.

[zhanli]

Not sure this is true or not,but pls see the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang’s Remarks as below comments on the rescue.

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To: DavFeng
chinese gov refused accepting foreign rescue teams saying that the traffic situation is not suitable for them to enter the quake
That’s very sad to hear

[zhanli]

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Remarks on this: 答：四川汶川地震灾害发生后，包括美国、俄罗斯在内的许多国家和国际组织都迅速以各种方式向中方表示慰问，并表示愿意为中国政府和人民的抗震救灾提供支持和援助，中国政府和人民对此表示衷心感谢和欢迎。 Since the earthquakes happened in Wenchuan Sichuan,many countries ,including America and Russia,and int'l orgnizations have expressed their sympathy to Chinese,and are willing to sypply supports and supplies to Chinese government and people.Chinese government and people will express our thanks and welcome this.

[astragalus]

people, i just came back from a food fair, where becomes a temporary shelter, hundreds people sleep there tonight(now is 23:40 in China), including two neighbors of mine.
me and my wife stayed here for about 2 hours, to avoid a wave of shake, finally nothing happenned, so we decided to go home. that’s why i can post now’cause i came back.
the rain does not stop yet, which make weather get colder. before i came back, i left the blanket to my neighbors, by the way, they are sisters, young girls, they must feel cold’cause they underestimate the cold, they din not bring much clothes.
according to the radio, first-aiders has entered the center of quake, which means wounded poeple will get help. that’s really a piece of good news.

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[DoughtyOne]

Yes, that is really something. Thank you.

[zhanli]

the wounded are nestled in the simple tents.

[meanie monster]

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[DoughtyOne]

Thank you. I just wanted you folks to know that others share your sorrow at times like this. You take care.

[fatima]

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[zhanli]

All of the citizens have one child according to the family planning policy,so it's very miserable if the family lost their only kid. Bless ! **** To: stlnative And doesn’t China have a one child rule? This many have lost their only child. Horrifying. 920 posted on 2008年5月14日 0:15:52 by Lijahsbubbe

[zhanli]

Doctors are trying their best.