Archive for May, 2008
14 May, 2008
China quake toll close to 15,000
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Nearly 15,000 people died in the devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency has reported.
More than 25,000 are still trapped in the rubble two days after the 7.9 quake struck, causing landslides and razing homes, schools and whole villages.
China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has flown to the epicentre to see [...]
12 May, 2008
Thousands dead in Chinese quake
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A powerful earthquake has killed at least 10,000 people in China's south-western Sichuan province, up to 5,000 of them in just one county.
Many more have been killed and injured in other parts of the country after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck at 1428 local time (0628 GMT).
At least 50 bodies have been recovered from the rubble [...]
11 May, 2008
Tibet/XiZang educational development in Exhibition
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A series of numbers given in the exhibition themed on Tibetan Past and Present show the consistent progress in Tibetan education field: Tibet Autonomous Region is the first one to accomplish compulsory education with free-accommodation and free-tuition in urban and rural areas; 1,200-yuan assistance is provided for every pupil in per academic year, while every [...]
9 May, 2008
Olympic Torch Reaches Everest Peak - Tibet/XiZang Qomolangma
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A team of climbers trudged through snow and ice to carry the Olympic torch to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, fulfilling a long-held goal of the Chinese government to have the Olympic flame lit on top of the world's highest mountain - Tibet/XiZang Qomolangma.
Overseas groups opposed to Chinese rule in Tibet quickly denounced [...]
5 May, 2008
US journalist commends China's efforts to develop Tibet/XiZang, preserve its culture
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The Chinese government has made impressive efforts to bring Tibet to the modern world of the 21st century and preserve its traditional culture, a U.S. journalist said on Sunday.
David Jones, the interim managing editor of the Washington Times, said in an email interview with Xinhua that he saw during his trip to Tibet last September [...]
3 May, 2008
Exhibition testimony to progress in Tibet/XiZang
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Huang Guangxue, vice-director of the National State Nationalities Affairs Commission in the 1980s, still remembers his first visit to Tibet in 1954. Huang and his colleagues were on a State Council mission to assess the situation in the region.
The young man, who grew up in the countryside, was struck by the poverty of the Tibetans.
In [...]
2 May, 2008
Listen to the other side of Tibet issue
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[Dori Jones Yang of Seattle is a writer who specializes in China; dorijonesyang.com]
When I happily announced to my Chinese husband that I obtained a coveted ticket to hear the Dalai Lama, he frowned. To him, the Dalai Lama is a divisive political leader, not a compassionate holy man.
These days, I feel caught between widespread U.S. [...]
