Update: China's Earthquake Reportedly Kills 22,000
updated May 16, 2008
Related Links:
May 16: Reuters: China buries quake dead as new aftershock hits
Blog: NPR: Chengdu Diary (updated regularly)
Asian Week: Emil Amok: China Earthquake links
May 14: Far Eastern Economic Review: The Great Sichuan Earthquake
May 13: Reuters: Death toll from China quake soars past 12,000
May 13: Reuters: China earthquake 2008 (information for journalists)
May 13: SF Gate: Bay Area Chinese try to reach kin, friends; Bay Area mobilizes quake relief efforts
May 13: MSNBC: China's tough year isn't an Olympic celebration
China estimates 22,000 people have died because of the earthquake, but expects the death toll to exceed 50,000. Aftershocks add to the calamity, and there's a threat of radiation leaks from a nuclear weapons research lab in the devestated area.
(May 13) Southwest China was hard hit by a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake and 12,000 people are feared dead in the Mianzhu area of Sichuan province. This is China's worst quake in three decades.
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