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Earthquake Relief, Donate via SMS?

Your correspondent has just received the below SMS. [Translated: "Send the number "1" or the number "2" to 1069999301 to donate 1 or 2 RMB, respectively, to the Chinese Red Cross earthquake relief effort fund."] Your correspondent hasn't confirmed this... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Wed, May 14 2008

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16 May 08 visit Donate to Sichaun Relief Fund!  »  YouTube videoFor every different person who comments on the blog post that this video is posted within, I will donate a Canadian dollar to the Sichuan Relief Fund.
18 May 08 visit Chinese Americans in LA scramble to donate for China earthquake relief  »  People's Daily Thousands of Chinese Americans, including elders and children, Saturday lined in a parking lot in front of a Los Angeles suburb bank to donate for the earthquake relief effort in China, as local community groups scrambled to call for more ...
16 May 08 visit Thai Princess, Thai Red Cross donate for China earthquake relief  »  People's Daily Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on Thursday made a personal donation of 100,000 RMB (some 14,286 U.S. dollars) in cash to help disaster relief in China after a strong earthquake hit the southwestern province of Sichuan. E ...
12 May 08 visit Red Cross Society of China now calling for donations for Sichuan earthquake  »  Shanghaiist By Sue Anne Tay For those who are looking to contribute to current aid efforts underway, you can now donate money to the Red Cross Society of China which has formed a disaster relief working group to be dispatched to the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan...
07 Jun 08 visit American Red Cross pledges more fund for China's earthquake relief efforts  »  People's Daily The American Red Cross Friday pledged an additional contribution of 10 million U.S. dollars to support the China earthquake relief and recovery efforts. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, chairman of the American Red Cross, made the announceme ...
20 May 08 visit Companies donate earthquake victims 1.3b yuan  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA has received 1.3 billion yuan (US$185.7 million) in cash and goods for earthquake relief from multinational corporations, joint ventures and Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan-based enterprises yesterday. These included...

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