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Science Of The Sichuan Earthquake
Fort Lauderdale, FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2008The first detailed portrait of the ground motions generated by the earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province on May 12 were presented last week at the AGU 2008 Joint Assembly. Seismic waves calculated by a computer model, and verified by ground-motion velocities measured during the earthquake at Chinese seismological stations, indicate that the ground suddenly jumped, shifted, or ... more US commander senses change in China attitude following quake 
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2008A top US commander said Wednesday he sensed a change in the wind in China following a catastrophic earthquake that has prompted it to embrace outside help, even from the United States and Taiwan. "We are recognizing the obvious," said Admiral Timothy Keating, head of the US Pacific Command. "China's reaction here, in the aftermath of this earthquake, is different than China's reaction has be ... more Limited impact on China's economy from quake: officials 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008The impact of the Chinese earthquake on the nation's economy and inflation will be limited, senior policy makers said Wednesday, as jitters about the disaster haunt the financial markets. The area of southwest China's Sichuan province where the 8.0-magnitude quake struck on May 12 was not big enough to have any real impact on the national economy, Mu Hong, a senior planner, told a briefing i ... more China focuses on 'quake lake' amid aftershock trauma 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 28, 2008China pressed on Wednesday with frantic efforts to drain water from a huge "quake lake" threatening millions of people, as survivors of this month's devastating tremor braced for more aftershocks. Rescue workers had evacuated 158,000 people in the most imminent danger from a breaching of the lake, which was created when landslides blocked a river in the May 12 earthquake that devastated huge ... more 40 survivors rescued 16 days after China quake: state press 
Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2008Forty half-starved earthquake survivors have been rescued from a remote area in southwestern China a full 16 days after the disaster, state press reported on Thursday. They were flown out by helicopter on Wednesday from the quake-shattered village of Yangjiagou in Sichuan province, the West China Metropolitan Daily said. The survivors had been prevented from escaping by landslides trigge ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations with Taiwan as he met the head of the island's ruling party here Wednesday in the highest-level contact since the two sides split in 1949. Putting aside decades of tensions that have made the Taiwan Strait one of the world's potential flashpoints, Hu shook hands with Kuomintang chairman Wu Poh-hsiung during a red-carpet welcome at the ... more Suntech Announces Strategic Investment In Shunda And 7GW Wafer Supply Agreement 
Wuxi, China (SPX) May 29, 2008Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd has acquired a minority stake in Shunda Holdings Co. Ltd, a manufacturer of solar wafers based in China, from Actis, a leading private equity investor in emerging markets, and Waichun Investment Fund, for a total consideration of $98.9 million. Suntech also announced that a definitive thirteen-year silicon wafer supply agreement has been signed with a subsid ... more Beijing suspends subway line: official media 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008A Beijing subway line was suspended on Wednesday due to a signal failure, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said, after earlier reporting an "emergency" was to blame. Xinhua said service on the number two line was suspended twice because of a signal failure, adding there was no suggestion of a terrorist attack. In its earlier report, it said the subway had been suspended for an "unsp ... more China will not boost oil imports after quake: senior official 
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008China does not plan to increase imports of oil, a senior official said Wednesday, amid speculation that supply could come under pressure due to this month's devastating earthquake. "China depends on the outside world for 47 percent of its oil demand. That's very high as it is," said Mu Hong, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planning ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 27, 2008Republican presidential candidate John McCain Tuesday pledged to launch a new dialogue with China and Russia to reduce nuclear weapons and proliferation, and backed a US-India civil nuclear pact. The Arizona senator also took a fresh swipe at potential Democratic general election foe Barack Obama, over his offer to talk to the leaders of US foes like Iran, Syria and Cuba. McCain has prev ... more Troops Scramble To Blow Quake Lake As More Evacuations Ordered 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Troops armed with dynamite scrambled Tuesday to blast through debris damming a quake lake in southwest China, as forecasts of heavy rain threatened more misery for millions of homeless people. With the May 12 earthquake death toll already standing at more than 65,000, officials desperate to avoid another disaster sent 1,800 troops and engineers to try to reduce the dangerously high water lev ... more Thunderstorms may add to woes of China's quake survivors 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Survivors of China's earthquake huddled inside tents near their devastated homes Tuesday as they awaited a predicted thunderstorm, wondering how they would cope. In Renjiaping, a village near the quake's epicentre in southwest China's Sichuan province, people made homeless by the disaster said their biggest concern now was rains predicted to deluge the area in the days to come. Wang Sufe ... more 420,000 houses collapse in China aftershocks: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2008More than 420,000 houses collapsed in quake-hit Sichuan province in southwest China after two fresh aftershocks hit the area on Tuesday afternoon, state media reported. Xinhua news agency, quoting local disaster relief headquarters, said the houses were in Qingchuan County and added 63 people had been injured there as a result, six of them critically. Southwest China has been rocked by ... more
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