The China Quake | Thread profile

Sorry if there was a thread about it. I did not see. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...ake/index.h tml I think it is just devastating.

why so many schools and hospitals have wholly or partly collapsed, yet government offices fared much better.Corrupt building practises may emerge as a contributory factor in this latest tragedy.

Quote: Originally Posted by 刘卓邕 why so many schools and hospitals have wholly or partly collapsed, yet government offices fared much better.Corrupt building practises may emerge as a contributory factor in this latest tragedy. Right... the gov't controlled the quake...But it is sad that the country was not built ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Palooka Right... the gov't controlled the quake...But it is sad that the country was not built for this kind of thing.. Bringing the olympics into this thread is just sad.... Whole other can of worms. Why don't you make your way to the introductions thread so we can get to know ya. Google is ...

There's another thread here somewhere about the quake.... Somehow having my daughter being born in China just makes this all the more personal and real. It's not just place halfway around the world, but a real place, with real ppl and real lives. (I don't mean to trivialize the devastation in Myamar (sp) due to the cyclone) I've been to China, seen the country, seen the buildings, seen how ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Palooka Right... the gov't controlled the quake...But it is sad that the country was not built for this kind of thing... The town’s Juyuan Middle School completely collapsed in the quake, trapping 900 pupils beneath it. Parents complained that the school, built 10 years ago, collapsed ...