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How monks aided in the Yushu earthquake relief effort

A translation by Dave Camp of a Southern Weekly report on the work of local Yushu lamas in the earthquake relief effort.

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Chinese media keeps its eye on Yushu as the relief effort continues

Jianghuai Morning News prints an entire issue devoted to the Yushu Earthquake.

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The Yushu earthquake on Chinese newspaper front pages

The earthquake of Yushu, Qinghai province that measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale and killed 618 people and counting dominates front pages today. Most of the newspapers showed victims being dragged out of the rubble.

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Concern for students in the Qinghai earthquake

China National Radio says that according to the Red Cross, 70% of schools in Yushu have collapsed.

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Sanlu name sold for 7.3 million yuan

Beijing Times: An auction of the assets of the failed dairy brand Sanlu was held yesterday in Shijiazhuan, Hebei province.

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A manual for reporting on disasters

Tony Zixin Lee has a collection of interviews of journalists who reported on the 512 Sichuan Earthquake.

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One year after the quake: cadres, monks and numbers

Southern Weekly, China Newsweek, and The Beijing News write one year after the quake.

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Cai Mingchao finds some art he’ll pay for

Cai Mingchao, the art dealer who refused to pay for the Old Summer Palace animal head, successfully bit the painting Nan’niwan in Beijing.

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Two crooked Chinese bank officials convicted in the US

Two former managers of a branch of the Bank of China in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, were sentenced to 25 and 22 years by a US District Court in Nevada.

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What should be remembered about the Beichuan Earthquake?

Teng Yun discusses how the one-year anniversary of the Beichuan quake should be observed.

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