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Closing to Sichuan Quake Candlelight Ceremony

medi — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:52:41 +0000

On May 19, one week after the earthquake in Sichuan, Hebei Foreign Language College in Nandaihe had a candlelight ceremony to remember the people affected. Although the event was initiated by the foreign English teachers and candlelight ceremonies are pretty Western from what we heard, the entire event was in English, except for the very end. The guy closing the ceremony is our good friend Yuan Xiao Ming, aka Allen.

Sichuan Kids

medi — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:52:39 +0000

Part 1: Children from the tent school in Hanwang. Part 2: Farm kids in the countryside outside of Hanwang

Liu Ye Sings in Chongqing (Sichuan Earthquake) 刘烨参与四川重庆震灾义演

medi — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:52:36 +0000

2008年5月17日，刘烨参与四川重庆震灾义演，演唱《爱最浓》。

Sichuan Earthquake compendium slideshow movie

medi — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:53:15 +0000

The equivalent of five hundred atomic bombs!

Sichuan Earthquake Activist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

medi — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:53:31 +0000

Sichuan Earthquake Activist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison 2010-02-10 14:07 Environmental campaigner and writer Tan Zuoren best known for his work following China’s deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake. But on Tuesday, at a court in Chengdu in Chinas Sichuan province, Tan was sentenced to five years in prison for subversion—for emails he sent about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Amnesty International is demanding Tans immediate release. They say the comments he emailed about Tiananmen Square are not the real reason for his imprisonment. They say its because of his investigations into the Sichuan earthquake. [Roseann Rife; Deputy Director, Amnesty International Asia]: Amnesty believes that this verdict certainly was tied partly to the work he did in visiting the families and victims of the Sichuan earthquake and tried to document the deaths in the earthquake.” Supporters say Tan was working on an independent report on the collapse of school buildings during the Sichuan earthquake. 80000 people died in the quake, more than 5000 of them children, according to official state statistics. [Roseann Rife; Deputy Director, Amnesty International Asia]: Back during his trial in August, they actually discussed the earthquake and that was brought up in his trial and it’s very unusual now that in the verdict we received today, the earthquake was not mentioned at all, only focusing on Tiananmen. We can only assume the reason for that is because there is actually a lot of public …

Sichuan quake

medi — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:53:26 +0000

The world’s people become their best in crisis. Humanity is illuminated.

Wen Jiabao arrived sichuan province.

medi — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:53:02 +0000

Wen Jiabao arrived sichuan province.

Sichuan Earthquake: 3 days of mourning

medi — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:52:43 +0000

China declared 3 days of mourning. Observe it.

512大地震中国的亲民总理温家宝China SiChuan province Earthquake

medi — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:52:48 +0000

Cheung Jacky 08 5 12 China SiChuan province Earthquake

Sichuan Earthquake Candlelight Ceremony

medi — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:52:36 +0000

On May 19, one week after the earthquake in Sichuan, Hebei Foreign Language College in Nandaihe had a candlelight ceremony to remember the people affected. Although the event was initiated by the foreign English teachers and candlelight ceremonies are pretty Western from what we heard, the entire event was in Chinese, except for the very end when they said, “Thank you” to us. The girl speaking at the beginning is my good friend Ariel.