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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Chinese Flee Flood Threat From Quake
2008-05-18
Thousands of earthquake survivors fled tent camps and villages across the ravaged landscape of southwestern China on Saturday after the government warned that several lakes and rivers were getting dangerously close to overflowing because landslides have blocked water flow.

Residents and rescue workers fled the county of Beichuan on Saturday amid warnings of possible flooding from a river. More Photos »

The new threats came as government officials said that more than three million homes had been destroyed by MondayÂ’s earthquake, and more than 12 million had been damaged. The government again raised the death toll, to nearly 29,000.
Posted by:Fred

#9  How much money did y'all raise for Myanmar Gromky?
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2008-05-18 19:23  

#8  I feel pretty good when my nemesis is an illiterate idiot. Apparently, Life™ is turning my way!
Posted by: Frank G   2008-05-18 18:32  

#7  This is very close to the antithesis of Communist teachings where the State takes care of everything. This is the first time that Chinese have had the money and will to act to help anyone outside their own "tribe" and they are taking pride in it. To me it shows that the Chinese are becoming more independant from the Government. A good thing.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-05-18 18:27  

#6  As argued long ago on the Net, POST-COLD WAR > CHINA + RADICAL ISLAM > gener are REAL-TIME, DIAMETRICALLY OPPOS NATIONAL-GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS IN FUTURE OWG-NOW AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO GOVERN/MANAGE.


*CHINA [India?] - HOW TO ECONOMICALLY + ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPPOR A "CLOSED/ISOLATED" POPULATION IN HIGHLY-STRESSED CONFINED AREA?

*RADICAL ISLAM > HOW TO SATISFY THE POLITICAL = GEOPOL ASPIRATIONS OF HIGHLY FLUID + HETEROGENOUS POPULATION?

USA = JEAN LUC-PICARD = MODERATOR/NEUTRAL ARBITER.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-05-18 18:04  

#5  Pride is the best tool he evil has to keep men mostly attracted to themselves.
Posted by: franks nemesis   2008-05-18 14:56  

#4  [bk has been pooplisted.]
Posted by: bk   2008-05-18 14:55  

#3  Pride is not the exclusive province of any part of the world.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-05-18 08:39  

#2  The kind of behaviour gromky reports is new in that part of the world, I imagine. They should be proud of themselves for it. As Chinese society becomes more transparent, the follow-up will occur as people wonder what impact their donation made. Somebody will want a photograph of the group representative with the rescued in the beautiful shelters their money was to pay for.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-05-18 06:18  

#1  My company organized a dinner for charity for the earthquake on Friday, raising Â¥450,000 for the Red Cross! A ton of people are trying to outdo each other on how much money they can raise. The Chinese are quite proud of their disaster response (this means the money raised, it doesn't mean the performance [or non-performance {which would never be reported}] of the rescuers) and this will only fuel nationalism in the run-up to the Olympics.
Posted by: gromky   2008-05-18 04:57  

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