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Torchbearers donate half million for quake victims in Southeast

As the Olympic flame shed light Saturday in Wenzhou city, 108 torchbearers in Wenzhou has donated 475,000 yuan (68,840 U.S. dollars) for quake victims of a deadly earthquake in southwest China. The opening ceremony in Wenzhou relay ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, May 18 2008

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15 May 08 visit Torchbearers donate $ to earthquake: Torch Relay is a Farce  »  YouTube videoCCTV reported Olympic torchbearers donate money for earthquake! The CCTV Propagandas that torchbearers donate money for Sichuan earthquake. Watching at half point of video and look at the torchbearers hands, they did not put any money, they are hands...
19 Dec 07 visit Families compensated for Wenzhou fire deaths  »  Shanghai Daily THE Wenzhou City government has made an agreement with 18 families of victims in a fire that killed 21 on December 12, Xinhua news agency reported today. The 18 families agreed to compensation of 300,000 yuan (US$40,650), the report said. The local...
31 May 08 visit Olympic torchbearers send gifts to children from quake-hit area for Children's Day  »  People's Daily Sixteen Olympic torchbearers on Friday sent variety of presents to seven children from quake-hit area ahead of the Children's Day, which falls on June 1. The quake-affected children, who were moved here from Sichuan and are receivin ...
22 May 08 visit Former Olympic champ: Olympic torch relay delivers love to quake victims  »  People's Daily Former Olympic table tennis champion Lu Lin, the last torchbearer in the Olympic torch relay in southeast China's Zhejiang province, said on Thursday that the relay delivers love and compassion to the earthquake victims. "The torch ...
21 Dec 07 visit Families of E.China fire victims compensated 300,000 yuan  »  china.org.cn All the families of the 21 people killed in an apartment block fire last Wednesday in east China's Wenzhou city have each been given 300,000 yuan (40,760 U.S. dollars) in compensation by the local government.
16 May 08 visit Relay runners ready to join in quake rescue  »  People's Daily Many of the 208 torchbearers in this East China city are getting ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan province. The opening ceremony of yesterday's relay was low key with the poignant recitation of a poem written by the late Chair ...

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