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Fortescue Metals Group's first shipment to China is due this month on a giant 170,000 ton ship. [in China Daily]
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Burma raises cyclone death toll to 78,000 but true figure much higher
The official total for the dead in Burma's cyclone disaster jumped to 78,000 yesterday, up from 43,000. The new figure was announced by Burmese state television, which said the number of missing had risen from 28,000 to 56,000. [in Independent: Asia and China]
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Nation looks to Grandpa Wen for comfort
He has shouted through a megaphone to survivors in the rubble, hugged rescuers and rescued alike and urged the People's Liberation Army on to even greater acts of heroism in helping the victims of this week's earthquake in Sichuan. [in Independent: Asia and China]
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Alive! Joy at miracle rescue of Liu Deyun, buried for four days in rubble of his factory
It was an agonising 100 hours from the moment the quake struck until rescuers pulled Liu Deyun from the rubble of a fertiliser factory yesterday. Little did he think as went to work on that fateful Monday morning that he would spend the next week entombed in the concertina ruins of his workplace, pinned down under toppled masonry and only able to be freed after sacrificing his left leg in a precarious amputation. [in Independent: Asia and China]
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We dug for seven hours to find our daughter's body
In the broken remains of their home, a family is preparing to bid farewell to their daughter. Zhou Yating was 16 when the earthquake struck Juyuan Middle School. Even as the funerals begin, strong aftershocks remind people that this catastrophe might not yet have run its course. [in Independent: Asia and China]
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U.S. Assures Korea About Beef Safety
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez tried to assure South Koreans that U.S. beef is safe to eat, after opponents to South Korea's president manufactured a food scare that may threaten a broader trade deal between the two countries.
[in WSJ Briefing: China Manufacturing News]
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U.S. Assures Korea About Beef Safety
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez tried to assure South Koreans that U.S. beef is safe to eat, after opponents to South Korea's president manufactured a food scare that may threaten a broader trade deal between the two countries.
[in WSJ Briefing: China Business News]
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photo: Nurses busy with survivors, from BBS of Sdrt.com.
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[in China Digital Times]
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Multi-Media Reports: On the Ground in Sichuan Province
From BBC.com:
Up to 50,000 people are feared to have died in the devastating earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province on Monday. Click on the map to find out more about some of the worst-affected places.
The following moving video is from CNN’s report:
Also, please watch a multi-media reports on the Financial Times: China quake: On the ground in Sichuan province:
Jamil Anderlini, the FT’s Beijing correspondent, and Du Juan, FT Beijing news assistant, report from Sichuan province, the epicentre of China’s worst earthquake in 30 years. In this audio slideshow, follow their on-the-ground reporting as they photograph and witness first-hand the human tragedy unfolding in the quake’s aftermath.
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[in China Digital Times]
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