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Hu Shuli: don't pat ourselves on the back yet: Hu Shuli, editor of Caijing has published an article evaluating China's response to the earthquake and cautioning against complacency. Excerpt from the English translation:

While the country's highly militarized rescue model is effective, we should not overlook its deficiencies. It would be wrong to equate strong government with 'big government,' or to wax nostalgically about the supposed superiority of a command economy.

Quake victims overwhelm hospitals: At the Wall Street Journal, Mei Fong looks at the difficulties that Sichuan's hospitals face in treating an enormous number of earthquake victims, many of whom have been left homeless by the disaster:

The quake has severely taxed China's medical resources. Many quake victims have been given free treatment, a departure from China's medical system, which usually requires cash upfront for treatment. But some patients say hospitals are now pressuring them to leave or transfer elsewhere before they are fully treated. Hospital officials say healthy patients are taking up room needed for others.

Ugandans learn Chinese language: The Assignment Africa blog looks at universities and training centers in Uganda that are catering to Chinese language learners:

Established in 1922, Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious Universities in Africa. In April May of this year, the Business School of Makerere University started a new program to teach Chinese language to business students. It has set up a small class as an example group with twelve to fifteen students.

Ruth Taoli, who is the only Chinese teacher at the program, said that Chinese has become a required course for the business students since the program began, and that their learning programs are attuned to their specific areas of study. For example, students who are majoring in traveling business need to learn Chinese for travel and students who are majoring in accounting need to learn Chinese accounting terms.

Woeser's blog hacked again: China Digital Times reports that Tibetan writer Woeser, whose movements are restricted by official orders and whose writings do not appear in the Mainland, is the victim of identity theft (of her Skype account). Her website has also been hacked by a group calling itself the Chinese Red Hacker Alliance.

Chinese Red Cross on corruption watch: At Global Voices Online, John Kennedy presents photos of shoddy construction in Mianzhu and translates blog posts accusing the Red Cross of conducting a back-door deal with a shady tent manufacturer.

Image from LRN Science.