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  • Earthquakes and the Mandate of Heaven

    05/24/2008 1:58:06 PM PDT · by neverdem · 12 replies · 100+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | May 17, 2008 | GUY SORMAN
    The massive quake that shook China's Sichuan province this week is one of the worst natural disasters – in terms of lives claimed and property destroyed – that the world has seen in some time. But an earthquake, according to Chinese tradition, is not a mere act of nature, nor is it simply a matter of fate. Traditionally, every earthquake announces profound changes that will affect the entire society. The Chinese still remember – as do I, having been in Beijing at the time – that the great Tangshan quake of 1976, which killed more than 240,000, came just before...