Sichuan, China News Archives

“But time is running out for my dad. They are over 60 and they both need facilities.”

THE daughter of a retired British couple missing in the China earthquake said time was "running out" yesterday as she waited for news of their safety. via Daily Express

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China's national food grain management company Wednesday said the grain reserves in quake-hit regions were mostly safe although there were some damages to granaries by the devastating jolt. via St Petersburg News

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It started as a vibration in his chair, but by the time it was over, he was in the middle of the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands in China. via WCSH-TV Portland

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“Some towns basically have no houses left. They have all been razed to the ground.”

THE full horror of the devastating China earthquake began to emerge today as rescuers discovered whole towns all but wiped off the map, pushing the death toll well above 20,000. Military and police teams ... via News.com.au

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Homepage > Pittsburgh Weather Get breaking news and daily headlines. Browse all e-mail newsletters AFP/AFP/Getty Images Chinese shoppers and office workers rush out onto the streets in Chengdu city center, in ... via ThePittsburghChannel

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“What's happened is so cruel. In one minute to have so many people die is too tragic.”

Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

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“As long as the people are there, factories can be built into even better ones, and so can the towns and counties.”

The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

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“You tell us to wait, we can't wait anymore. We must have some information”

The bodies of the young teenagers were brought out of the wreckage on doors scavenged from what remained of their school. via The Dispatch

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“It's magical. It's a beautiful place”

The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve is unknown, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area in China from the rest of the world. via Slam Sports

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“The assembly test facility is running under backup power as local power and water have been disconnected pending a full seismic assessment. As a result employees have been sent home until Wednesday”

Intel 's test and assembly plant in Chengdu remained offline on Tuesday, as the region in southwestern China reeled from the effects of a devastating earthquake that struck on Monday afternoon. via PC World

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“It is fully possible that this will affect local operations by Japanese firms”

A Japanese minister on Tuesday expected an economic blow from China's major earthquake, which shut operations of Toyota Motor Corp. via The Age

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- A Chinese-Canadian group is urging the federal government to offer the military Disaster Assistance Response Team to help out in the wake of a major earthquake in central China.

The Chinese Canadian National Council says humanitarian relief is urgently needed in the Chengdu region, where news reports say at least 9,000 people were killed in the quake.

The council says Canada has the expertise and equipment to help, especially since early reports suggest many people are trapped in the ruins of collapsed buildings. Read more

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“Keep calm and conserve your energy. Seek water and food, and wait patiently for rescue.”

Homepage > Pittsburgh Weather Get breaking news and daily headlines. Browse all e-mail newsletters AFP/AFP/Getty Images Chinese shoppers and office workers rush out onto the streets in Chengdu city center, in ... via ThePittsburghChannel

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Toyota Motor Corp on Monday suspended production at a 13,000-units-a-year joint venture plant in Chengdu, southwestern China, after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 107 people. via Reuters

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“All appears to be fine.'' An office worker in Chengdu said they felt their building shake for about two or three minutes. "All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. We're still feeling slight tremblings”

AN earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck China's Sichuan province today, less than 100km from the provincial capital of Chengdu. via News.com.au

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There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth _ a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie. via PR-inside.com

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“We want to provide the pandas good food so that they may continue to enjoy better life in their home in Sichuan”

From correspondents in Asia Pacific, 04:31 PM IST A Japanese non-government foundation has resumed funding for bamboo plantation in China's southwestern province of Sichuan as part of an effort to protect the ... via India eNews

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The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by four to 34, while the number of reported infections jumped to nearly 25,000, state media reported Friday. via Hugh Hewitt

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“For any market to grow, this is something the government should realize: At the end of the day it's the investors who bear the responsibility of the investment, not other people.”

By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 3, 2008; Page A01 SHANGHAI -- When emergency workers found Wang sprawled unconscious after having downed two bags of insecticide, he was still ... via Washington Post

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Taiwan tycoon Terry Guo, board chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd, announced on Monday he will spend six million yuan to adopt six pandas in a panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan ... via People's Daily Online

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“Because of fears that these two projects, when finished, could seriously pollute Chengdu's air and water resources, the people 'took a stroll' to express their opposition”

Vapors escape from the China National Petroleum Corp -owned Dushanzi Petrochemical Factory in Dushanzi of Xinjiang province, China. via The Epoch Times

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China's government uncharacteristically watched from the sidelines as the country's stock markets crashed, leaving small investors in the lurch, investors said. via Political Gateway

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“More than 20 tourist groups with 200 people will arrive in Tibet during the three-day holiday. The number used to be 5,000 tourists per day last year in May Day Holiday”

A trickle of Chinese tourists began arriving in ethnic Tibetan areas of west China over the May Day holiday, sparking hopes of a revival in the tourism industry after the unrest in March. via Xinhuanet

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“We are on a journey and this is not the end”

Soaring steel and iron ore prices have created market opportunities for Timken 's customers and Timken has been able to reap the benefits as profits soared in the first quarter. via Forbes.com

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