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I've just been down to Sichuan to see what things are like a year after the earthquake which killed more than 85,000 people, and have written an article about the parents who lost their children in the disaster: In order to see this content you need to... ...full story at James Reynolds

from James Reynolds on Tue, May 12 2009

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04 Jun 08 visit China's grieving parents  »  RConversation Thousands of Sichuan parents are grief stricken. They want answers: why did their children die in the Sichuan earthquake when many other people in surrounding, better-constructed buildings, lived? What are the facts? Who should be held responsible? They...
02 Jun 08 visit The Saddest Children’s Day  »  China Journal Parents hold mourning photos of children lost in the Sichuan earthquake (AP photo) Sunday was International Children’s Day, and this year China observed the holiday with a poignant focus on the young victims and survivors of the May 12 Sichuan...
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17 May 09 visit In Memory: 1 Year Anniversary Of The 5.12 Sichuan Earthquake  »  CN Reviews As expected, the Chinese media and internet is crawling with content commemorating the one-year anniversary of the devastating 2008 May 12th Sichuan Earthquake (often also referred to as the Beichuan/Wenchuan Earthquake) that killed a reported 68,712...
08 May 09 visit Children help give birth to new hope  »  People's Daily Wang Hua feels her heart break whenever she thinks about the 7-year-old daughter she lost in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province last year. But she is determined to rebuild her life and family, and, like many brave women in the disaster-stricken...

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