Tag Archives: Qinghai

A trip to Qinghai

Posted on 2012-11-01 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes us on a trip to the West, to a less familiar … Continue reading →

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The Yushu earthquake on Chinese newspaper front pages

Posted on 2010-04-15 by Alice Xin Liu

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

Posted on 2010-04-14 by Joel Martinsen

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

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