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Three minutes at Jishuitan

China came to a virtual standstill as the country observed three minutes of mourning for the victims of the deadly Sichuan earthquake. Starting at 2:28pm, air sirens wailed across the country as most motorists stopped and blared their horns. This... ...full story at Zhongnanhai

from Zhongnanhai on Mon, May 19 2008

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20 May 08		Nationwide Mourning in Beijing » YouTube videoMon 19 May,2.28pm - 3 minutes silence in Beijing to pay respects to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. Cars stopped on the 3rd ring road and blared their horns for 3 minutes, as drivers got out of their cars, to mark the moment that the disaster...
19 May 08		China's national mourning period » Zhongnanhai BEIJING - At 2:28 this afternoon, China crossed a new threshold in national unity. Here in the capital and elsewhere across this vast nation, horns blared and sirens wailed for three minutes to mark exactly one week since the massive...
19 May 08		Millions mourn quake dead with air sirens wailing in grief » Shanghai Daily MILLIONS of people in China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28pm today to mourn thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit the nation's southwest a week ago. Across the country, air...
19 May 08		Millions mourn China earthquake dead with air sirens wailing in grief » People's Daily Millions of people in China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28 p.m. Monday to mourn thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit the nation's southwest a week ago. Across the country, air raid sirens, cars, ...
19 May 08		After Three Minutes of Silence, China Roars » Opposite End of China The observation of three minutes of silence across China at 2:28pm today was incredibly powerful. Standing silently with a group of Chinese people, the eerie sound of sirens and car horns filling Beijing, I got a tingle up my spine. We were watching CCTV,...
18 May 08		China announces 3-day mourning for quake victims » Shanghai Daily CHINA today announced the three days starting tmorrow as national mourning days for the victims who died in a massive earthquake that struck southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12.

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