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Subway trains to shelter Sichuan homeless

An ingenious use of decommissioned subway cars provides an immediate solution for a few of the thousands left homeless by the devastating earthquake in Sichuan.

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A taste for duck blood

Pig blood is being sold as duck blood at Beijing’s hotpot establishments, The Beijing News reports.

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An earthquake hero goes to university

The Beijing News (新京报): An earthquake hero was admitted by Tsinghua University without taking the National College Entrance Examination.

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Chinese media calls the Olympics for China

Life News (生活新报) ran the top headline “43: 26, it is settled” implying that China has already won the medal-counting competition with America.

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Hosting the Olympics in post-quake China

Zheng Yefu (郑也夫) examines the implications of the Olympics in the wake of the Wenchuan earthquake.

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Government landmark for sale

Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报): Chengdu government called a press conference announcing that the centre is going to be auctioned to raise funds for the reconstruction in the earthquake area.

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Hu Jintao is also grandpa

‘Grandpa’ Hu Jintao welcomes children from the earthquake zone to Zhongnanhai.

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U.S. earthquake web page blocked?

An aftershock in Sichuan’s earthquake zone, and the a blocked web page.

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A younger, thinner and taller president

A painting portrays China’s leaders in the earthquake zone.

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Earthquake survivor Mi Zhongying

Lydia Wallace was interning at Danwei when the Sichuan earthquake struck. She is now working for a disaster relief organization in Sichuan and will be publishing stories and photographs about the people she meets. She is also blogging at www.fiferis.com.

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