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Yaan earthquake

Yaan earthquake
A powerful tremor registering 7.0 on the Richter scale (6.6 according to the US Geological Survey) and a series of strong aftershocks hit near the city of Yaan in southwestern China's Sichuan province on April 20, 2013, causing heavy casualties and losses.
6.1-magnitude earthquake hits Lushan in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan
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Video | Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits Sichuan

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Four dead as twin quakes hit Chinese city, site of deadly 2013 shock

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Yaan official investigated for allegedly dipping into earthquake relief funds

Yaan party chief removed from post amid graft allegations

The party head of Yaan city, Sichuan province, was removed from his post, the municipal government said on Sunday night on its official Sina Weibo blog.

Medical personnel and paramilitary policemen rush to reach the isolated Baoxing county in Sichuan province. Photo: Reuters
Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping in surprise inspection of Sichuan quake towns

President Xi Jinping yesterday visited areas of Sichuan hit hardest by last month's magnitude 7 earthquake, meeting survivors and inspecting reconstruction work at a Hong Kong-funded school building.

Beijing has learned lessons about quake relief since 2008

At 2.28 this afternoon countless families will be savouring lunch in honour of Mother's Day. But it will be a poignant moment for thousands of mainland mothers still mourning children who died in the catastrophic Sichuan earthquake that struck at that moment five years ago. The day after, this column closed its first comment with the words: "A great disaster has befallen China."

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Lessons from the school of hard knocks

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Barack Obama

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Wong Yuk-man

Party papers remark on Hong Kong quake donation furore

Two Communist Party mouthpieces yesterday reported the controversy in Hong Kong over the HK$100 million donation to earthquake victims in Sichuan - pointing the finger at the Red Cross Society of China.

Hong Kong Red Cross vows to monitor use of Yaan quake donations

The Hong Kong Red Cross has promised to monitor the use of the HK$12 million it has received in donations to help survivors of last month's earthquake in Sichuan province.

Hong Kong Red Cross vows to monitor use of Yaan quake donations. Photo: Nora Tam

Legco approves HK$100m Sichuan quake donation

The legislature approved a controversial HK$100 million government donation to official Sichuan earthquake relief efforts yesterday, despite earlier worries over a possible filibuster.

Legco approved a HK$100 million donation to the Sichuan government for quake relief works and voted down amendments to restrict it from being used as salaries, meal expenses and entertainment fees. Photo: Sam Tsang
Press freedom in Hong Kong

Talking points

For earthquake victims, relief delayed is relief denied

Letters to the Editor, May 2, 2013

Donations must help victims, not corrupt officials. Photo: AFP
Li Keqiang

Media reports of premier's visit to Sichuan quake zone show propaganda grip

Premier Li Keqiang visits a disease control unit at the centre of efforts to curb the spread of the H7N9 virus (left). Photo: Xinhua

HK$172m donated to Yaan earthquake relief efforts

About HK$172 million from Hong Kong corporations and individuals had been donated to Yaan earthquake relief efforts in Sichuan province, according to the central government's liaison office.

Chengdu ethylene plant halts construction over quake safety fears

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Letters to the Editor, May 1, 2013

Tony Blair took over a full treasury. Photo: AFP

Party paper claims most Hong Kong people back Sichuan quake aid

An article in yesterday's overseas edition of People's Daily claiming that only "a minority of Hong Kong people" were against the donation comes amid government plans to make a second application for the funding to the Legislative Council's special financial committee on Friday.

Yaan earthquake fails to rock insurers' profits

Mainland insurers are poised for profit growth in the second quarter, with insurance claims after the recent Yaan earthquake not expected to be high, while investment returns and premium income are likely to improve.

People's Daily slammed for defending China Red Cross

The scandal-plagued Red Cross Society of China has received little more than half of the donations to aid earthquake-stricken Sichuan. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion | Sichuan chemical plant project suspended after Yaan earthquake

A protest organiser was shown apologising on Chengdu Television during its evening broadcast on Friday. Photo: Screenshot

Opinion | Why I didn't donate to Sichuan earthquake relief

To blame Hongkongers as being "selfish" or "cold-hearted", as some opinionated, angry mainlanders claimed on weibo, is simply wrong. We still want to help, but we need to adapt to new ways to help.

Letters to the Editor, April 30, 2013

For chemical weapons read weapons of mass destruction. Western powers shall intervene in Syria, create another failed state that will become another fundamentalist justification for the global "war on terror" and then blame faulty intelligence that was accepted "in good faith".

Quake-hit Yaan to see heavy rainfall, disaster risks raised

Yaan, in central Sichuan province, will see an average of 1,200mm of rainfall across the region from May to September - nearly three times the national average.

A woman cooks beside a collapsed house in Lushan county, Yaan, in southwest China's Sichuan province. Photo: AFP

We do love our country, but we also love our money

The devastating earthquake that hit Sichuan less than a fortnight ago might have offered an interesting answer to the ongoing debate over the definition of "love your country, love Hong Kong".

Lawmakers observe a moment of silence for the Sichuan quake victims. Photo: David Wong

Red Cross Society of China sees smaller share of donations after quake

The scandal-plagued Red Cross Society of China has received little more than half of the donations to aid earthquake relief in Sichuan last week - a much smaller share than the government's premier charity has raised in the past.

Lushan county mourns quake victims

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