http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sichuan/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:52:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279504/posts Fossil finds of early humans in southeast Asia may actually be the remains of an unknown ape. Russell Ciochon says that many palaeoanthropologists -- including himself -- have been mistaken. Fourteen years ago, a Nature paper by my colleagues and I described a 1.9-million-year-old human jaw fragment from Longgupo in Sichuan province, China1. The ancient date in itself was spectacular. Previous evidence had suggested that human ancestors arrived in east Asia from Africa about 1 million years ago, in the form of Homo erectus. Longgupo nearly doubled that estimate. But even more exciting -- and contentious -- was our claim... Nature 459, 910-911 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279504/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249271/posts Parents of the children who died during last year's earthquake in Sichuan have been threatened with imprisonment if they hold memorials for their dead on May 12th, the one year anniversary of the disaster. Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249271/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 15:32:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219500/posts PLA sentry stabbed in attack, a week after soldier on garrison guard duty shot dead Choi Chi-yuk South China Morning Post (c) 2009 South China Morning Post Publishers Limited, Hong Kong. All rights reserved. A People's Liberation Army sentry belonging to the same division as the one who was shot dead outside a Chongqing garrison last week was stabbed in an attack in Sichuan province, a local rights watchdog said. The soldier, affiliated with the 64th Squad of the PLA's 149th Division in Leshan about 275km west of Chongqing, was stabbed by a man with a dagger on Thursday. The... HK Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219500/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 03:13:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161481/posts The local police stopped parents who were trying to travel secretly from southwest China to Beijing this week to ask the central government for a full investigation into school collapses that killed their children during the May earthquake, several of the parents said Thursday. A leader of the grieving parents, Sang Jun, who lost his 11-year-old son, said in a telephone interview that he had been detained overnight and released only after more than 60 other parents gathered at the gates of the town government building to demand his release. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161481/posts#comment Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:25:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079766/posts China's big quake doubles chances of more Wed Sep 10, 3:36 PM ET China's giant earthquake in May near Chengdu caused so much geologic stress in the Tibetan Plateau that it doubled the chance of more big quakes along three neighboring faults, scientists reported. "The magnitude 7.9 quake on 12 May has brought several nearby faults closer to failure and could trigger another major earthquake in the region," the American Geophysical Union said in a statement. This happens because of a domino-like effect where the movement of one piece of Earth's crust forces another piece to move up, down and... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079766/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:08:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056685/posts Excerpt - WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A potentially destructive 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, China, at 0949 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. ~ snip ~ Reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056685/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:19:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054769/posts Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts China quake area Chengudu, Aug 1 : A fresh earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit southwest China's Sichuan province at 4.32 p.m. Friday, according to the country's Earthquake Networks Centre. The epicentre was located at an area between Pingwu county and Beichuan county, Mianyang city. A slight tremor was felt in the provincial capital Chengdu, the centre reported. The seismological department earlier reported that an earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan county in the province at 10:41 a.m. Friday, Wenchuan was the epicentre of the deadly May 12 earthquake which killed... New Kerala http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054769/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:43:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050294/posts Magnitude-5.6 aftershock hits area between Shaanxi, Sichuan BEIJING - A MAGNITUDE-5.6 aftershock jolted the area between Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province and Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province at 3.54am on Thursday, the China Earthquake Administration said. The epicenter was at 32.8 degrees north latitude and 105.6 degrees east longitude, Xinhua news agency reported. Straits Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050294/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:46:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037689/posts See my translation below Sankei Shimbun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037689/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:09:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2029228/posts I'm a Chinese and live in Beijing. You may heard about a massive earthquake stroke Sichuan province last month. In this natural disaster, one my fellow people, exactly a teacher, ran before his students and declared his view of personal liberty and freedom regardless his teacher indentity. His allegation has triggered a extensive discussion on humanity and teacher, as a publice servant,responsibility. I know that personal liberty is well developed and protected in US. But, and the same time, US is a country regarding public responsibility especially for those paid by the taxpayers to do their civil job. I came... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2029228/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:17:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029266/posts Religious Boom in China after Quake JUNE 10, 2008 08:31 As religious gatherings for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake are being held in large scales, the Chinese Communist Party is worrying about a possible explosive increase in religious population. The party is tolerating such religious events in consideration of public sentiment for now, but is known to be jittery about the possibility of uncontrollable trouble. â–½ Worships and Buddhist service for earthquake victims The Buddhist Association of China held a large-scale service for those who were killed or displaced by the earthquake on May 14, two days after the... Donga Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029266/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:04:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026558/posts China's Netizens Aid Earthquake ReliefChristopher Thomas   06.03.08, 3:30 AM ET A few hours after the devastating earthquake on May 12, a People's Liberation Army rescue helicopter landed on a hillside field near Wenchuan, the epicenter of the earthquake. It was one of the first to arrive as rescue teams made their way to the remote site.The landing site was not chosen from military maps or guided by emergency response teams. Instead, the site was determined from an instant message posted on popular local messaging services Baidu Post Bar and QQ. The poster, a Wenchuan native, gave the location... Forbes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026558/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025152/posts Nuclear device exploded in Sichuan By Boxun Jun 1, 2008 - 6:46:34 PM Lu Shishen, who reported the cover up of the earthquake forecast, said that there was a strong nuclear explosion in Sichuan during the earthquake. Xinhua reported yesterday that an explosion of “volcano was observed in the earthquake”, people said that concrete debris was burst out of the crack during the quake. Experts tested the debris and found it is radioactive, according to Lu Shishen’s report. Full report in Chinese: http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2008/06/200806020720.shtml Boxun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025152/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022057/posts Excavators work at Tangjiashan Lake in Beichuan County in Sichuan Province yesterday. Some 1,800 soldiers, each carrying 10 kilograms of explosives clambered up mountain paths to reach the barrier lake and blast through debris to drain water. Dozens of dams created by landslides during the May 12 earthquake are posing a new threat in the disaster zone. --------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Excavators work at Tangjiashan Lake in Beichuan County in Sichuan Province yesterday. Some 1,800 soldiers, each carrying 10 kilograms of explosives clambered up mountain paths to reach the barrier lake and blast through debris to drain water. Dozens of dams created... Shanghaidaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022057/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 20:25:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020939/posts ITN's Bill Neely was given a home video shot just seconds after the quake showing the extent of the devastation. This video is about 7 minutes. http://blog.donews.com/zegna/archive/2008/05/25/1296249.aspx CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020939/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 04:19:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020749/posts "All Things Considered" hosts Robert Siegel and Melissa Block are in Sichuan Province covering the massive earthquake. They continue to report on the aftermath and recovery efforts. The hosts were in Chengdu with producers Andrea Hsu and Art Silverman when the quake struck. They were preparing for a special week of China coverage that had been planned for next week. Follow this blog for regular updates. ----From http://www.npr.org/blogs/chengdu/ National Public Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020749/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 16:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017193/posts Officials: China orders probe of school collapses in quake BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered local authorities to investigate the reasons why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, said Yang Rong, director of the ministry's department of standards and norms, in an online interview on Friday.     "If quality problems do exist in the school buildings, we will deal with the persons responsible strictly with no toleration and give the public a satisfying answer," said Han Jin, head of the development and plan department of the Ministry of Education in the interview.... www.chinaview.cn [Xinhua] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017193/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 02:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016659/posts The Chinese government’s decision to allow the seemingly unrestricted flow of information out of Sichuan this week in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake has surprised many. However, the general assumption that the Chinese government ‘all of the sudden’ decided to pursue a policy of transparency and openess is incorrect. This decision was in fact made last year when the State Council passed the People’s Republic of China Ordinance on Openness of Government Information. How State Council Decree 492 Affects the Earthquake Aftermath http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016659/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 02:28:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016064/posts China earthquake: Exodus begins from Sichuan By Richard Spencer in Hanwang Town, Sichuan Province Last Updated: 11:05PM BST 14/05/2008 Tens of thousands of people have poured down from the mountainsides of Sichuan searching for food and water as rescuers evacuated towns where more than 40,000 people are dead, buried or missing. Rescue teams are digging through rubble, trying to reach survivors of a powerful earthquake in China. Helicopters began to airlift residents out of the villages of Wenchuan county at the epicentre of the earthquake which struck China on Monday, while others walked for hours into the valleys and plains... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016064/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 23:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015872/posts HANWANG, China - Thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed on Wednesday to repair a dam badly cracked by the country's massive earthquake, while rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of the disaster. China's top economic planning body said that the quake had damaged 391 mostly small dams. It left "extremely dangerous" cracks in the Zipingpu Dam upriver from the earthquake-hit city of Dujiangyan and some 2,000 soldiers were sent to repair the damage, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Xinhua said Dujiangyan would be "swamped" if major problems emerged at the dam. He Biao, the director of the... Associated Press via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015872/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015815/posts “I haven’t been able to sleep,” explained a very tired looking student to me in class today. “One of my best friends is attending university near Mianyang and we have so far been unable to get in contact with her. We don’t think she made it.” Thousands of people throughout China are also going without sleep as they desperately wait for information about their friends and loved ones in Sichuan Province. Some cities in Sichuan, such as Wenchuan and Mianyang, have been completely cut off from the rest of China in the wake of the deadly earthquake on Monday. Only... The China Teaching Web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015815/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 15:18:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015682/posts China quake toll soars as full horror begins to emerge 14/05/2008 DUJIANGYAN (AFP) - The full horror of the devastating China earthquake began to emerge Wednesday as rescuers discovered whole towns all but wiped off the map, pushing the death toll well above 20,000. Military and police teams punched into the heart of the disaster zone, with 100 troops parachuting into a county that was previously cut off while planes and helicopters air-dropped emergency supplies. But the message that came back from this mountainous corner of southwestern Sichuan province was that town after town was flattened by the 7.9-magnitude quake... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015682/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 07:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014670/posts An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has hit China's Sichuan province. The tremor was felt across the entire region - shaking buildings in the capital, Beijing, as well as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. US Geological Survey said the quake struck 57 miles north-west of the city of Chengdu at 2.29pm local time (6.28am GMT). Some 10 million people live in Chengdu. Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014670/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 07:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915064/posts Beijing Heats Up Space Race Against Japan This Week; Communist Party Pride Excerpt: Tomorrow evening, the China National Space Administration is scheduled to fire a "Long March" rocket from a launch site in the southwestern province of Sichuan. If all goes well, it will propel a satellite into lunar orbit, an important step toward China's goal of beating Japan to become the first Asian nation to put a man on the moon. Visitors check the Long March 3A rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern China's Sichuan province last week. China plans to launch its first lunar orbiter... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915064/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:41:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773934/posts Thousands of local residents have converged on an upscale hotel in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, setting fire to the building in protest at the death and alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl who worked there. Mobile phone footage taken outside the hotel in Dazhu township showed confused and raucous crowds in darkness in front of a burning building as crowds gathered outside. Witnesses said the crowd reached 20,000 at its peak late Wednesday. “There are still around a few thousand people on the scene and they protested outside the hotel this afternoon,” a shop owner near the Nest... Roland Soong http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773934/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:49:33 GMT