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80% of earthquake donations ended up in govt. coffers

Yangcheng Evening News: Research indicates government spent most of the 76.7 billion yuan worth of charity donation for the Sichuan earthquake victims, including the NGO’s part.

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Rio Tinto employees accused of espionage

Triplets go to college! Also, Rio Tinto gets its people arrested for spying.

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An interview with Scarlett Li

Shot by Eric Mu, this is an interview with Scarlett Li, former News Corp executive, founder of R2G and Rainbow Media, and organizer of the recent Chengdu Zebra Music Festival that raised money for quake victims.

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Sala

Music from the Sichuan quake zone.

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“Rebirth” in the news

Today’s black and white, and gray newspapers.

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Afterquake: music made in Sichuan

A Sexy Beijing video of Abigail Washburn and Dave Liang of the Shanghai Restoration Project making music with children who survived the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake, using folk songs sung by the children as well as sounds of their parents rebuilding their houses with bricks and mortar.

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China cozies up to France and the US

President Hu Jintao met with US President Barack Obama at the London G20 summit and France cleared its stance in regard to Tibet’s political status.

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Earthquake heroes get remarried

The Beijing News: A prison officer who lost his family to the earthquake got married again, thanks to the newspaper, which wrote a story earlier about him.

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Thomas Hahn photography: eight months after the quake

Thomas H. Hann was in Dujiangyan, Yingxiu and Wenchuan, and took black and white photos to document what he saw.

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Official fired over pricey cigarettes

Zhou Jiugeng gets fired after public condemnation of his high-priced cigarettes.

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