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Edward Wong reports in the New York Times:
China mobilized 30,000 additional soldiers to the earthquake-shattered expanses of the nation’s southwestern regions on Wednesday — not just to help victims, but also to shore up weakened dams and other elements of the infrastructure whose failure could compound the disaster.
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From AP via Examiner.com:
First, the water level in a pond inexplicably plunged. Then, thousands of toads appeared on streets in a nearby province. Finally, just hours before China's worst earthquake in three decades, animals at a local zoo began acting strangely.
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From BBC News:
As part of a series following the Olympic torch around China, the focus turns to Xiamen, a city on the front line of disputes between Beijing and Taipei.
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In the New York Times, author Simon Winchester writes that seismology was among the many scientific accomplishments in Chinese history:
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Ben Blanchard reports in the Reuters:
The rumours are flying thick and fast after Monday's quake in which more than 50,000 people may have died -- and so far they have all proved to be unfounded.
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Southern Metropolis News published messages from several dozen Chinese columnists, scholars, and social workers contemplating the devastating Sichuan earthquake. Several of them compared the government's openness during the current earthquake with its hiding of information during Tangshan Earthquake in 1976.
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NPR's Melissa Block told a touching story of a couple in Dujiangyan looking for their toddler son buried in rubble.
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In the Far Eastern Economic Review, Michael Zhao reports on the role of information technology in spreading breaking news about the earthquake:
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Beichuan, in the southwestern Sichuan Province, was one of the areas hardest hit by the 7.9-magnitude quake. The seven story main building which contained 21 classrooms, with about 1000 students and teachers, collapsed when the earthquake hit at class time. The following photos are of the outdoor activities ...
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