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Chinese Americans in LA scramble to donate for China earthquake relief

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 ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, May 18 2008

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