Thousands dead in Chinese quake

... be linked to the Olympics to exert maximum pressure on the Chinese authorities. In fact it is clear that crass insensitivity and ... have been arrested or deported from the quake-ravaged region as ”troublemakers”. The vast tent cities of the quake area, are under de facto martial law, with ...to quietly accept cash compensation for their dead children. Despite this repression, unofficial parents’ ...

New quake hits Chinese province BBC News Page last updated at 11:51 ...magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province. Since then, thousands of aftershocks have rattled the region. The epicentre of ... 1,253km (778 miles) south-west of the Chinese capital, Beijing, where the Olympic Games are due to begin on Friday. The quake came a few hours after the Olympic torch ...

..., aside from 3,000 to 5,000 dead, Xinhua said. State media said two...near communities that held sometimes violent protests of Chinese rule in mid-March. Much of the area has... felt an earthquake. In Beijing, where hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors are expected for the Olympics, ...the jewel of the Olympics — was conducting a site inspection when the quake struck. He told reporters the building ...

...,600 schools needed to be strengthened, it said. Thousands of children died when their shoddily built ... charged and politically sensitive issue when the parents of dead children staged protests demanding investigations.... China's worst natural disaster in a generation. The quake caused more than $122 billion ...Chinese government has said it plans no large-scale relocation of people from the quake...

...well known is the personal toll that opposing the official Chinese government line these days can take...Pu had recently traveled with Huang to the quake zone, distributing water and other essentials ... case. Under the state secrets provision of Chinese law, Huang can be held incommunicado ... Rights Watch. "Since that's not the reality and thousands are involved in human rights activities,...

Calls to cancel Olympics over quake. Quote: A Chinese association based in Washington wants the ... almost 15,000 people, affecting seven Chinese provinces. But many believe the toll is as high as 40,000 missing or dead. President of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, Wei ... should not be celebrating, while thousands of people are dead, dying or homeless....

...2,600 schools needed to be strengthened, it said. Thousands of children died when their shoddily built ... charged and politically sensitive issue when the parents of dead children staged protests demanding investigations....— China's worst natural disaster in a generation. The quake caused more than $122 billion ... Chinese government has said it plans no large-scale relocation of people from the quake ...

....com/photos-ak-...877875_2068.jpg A quake survivor waits at a hospital in Chengdu, in ... tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's....com/photos-ak-...878006_4146.jpg Chinese residents sleep on a junction on a street in Chengdu on ... help after a massive earthquake that left tens of thousands dead, missing or trapped. http://photos-...

... crackdowns on public protest, reflects the changing nature of the story surrounding the quake disaster that left about 70,000 dead in Sichuan province, media analysts say. In the first weeks, ... complex stage as criticism mounts over corruption, embezzlement and the Government's response to the thousands of collapsed schools. In one apparent bid to chill coverage, the ...

...as the Chinese government provided precise daily updates on the rising numbers of dead and missing...shortcomings more than the process of accounting for the dead and missing. Methods of tallying the two categories...National Disaster Relief Center at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Police detain retired...school building standards. The victims of the quake included thousands of children who were crushed...