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More thoughts on the quakePosted by Joel Martinsen, May 20, 2008 3:41 PM
Danwei Picks is a daily digest of the "From the Web" links found on the Danwei homepage. A feed for the links as they are posted throughout the day is available at Feedsky (in China) or Feedburner (outside China). We are with you, and will always be: For the China Daily, Raymond Zhou writes about solidarity in the wake of the Wenchuan Earthquake: We have all been drenched in tears over the loss of so many brothers and sisters. The wailing of mothers and fathers, the sight of dust-covered bodies of teenagers, cold and pale, pulled from the debris, haunt us day and night. The chilly rain, which exacerbated the misery, serves as a manifestation of our collective mourning.
Earlier in the day, police had handed a group of us surgical masks and ordered us to wear them as we looked through the town. In fact, they asked us to wear two, one over the other. I didn't quite get the meaning of the masks. Certainly, the smell of death lingers over cities like Beichuan. But I don't think the smell is toxic.
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Comments on More thoughts on the quake
Why is NYTimes so pro-China this time? I'm disappointed. I think NYTimes should be more critical and dig out news like this: link
A guy in Shifang named 10 sins of the local Shifang government including checking the cameras of people who had been there before they walked out. This guy gave his real name, birth date and address.