USA Today (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 struck western China on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt visited Shanghai on Monday to discuss a viral outbreak that has killed ...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A 7.5 quake just hit China's Sichuan province, about 60 miles outside of capital city Chengdu (incidentally, the city many foreign visitors -- including me, not too long ago -- fly into when traveling into Tibet). Link to USGS data, and Link to Google Map showing location, which is about 900 miles SW of Beijing. (thanks, Mike Outmesguine!)...
damncoolpics (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
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Dismal (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
But the slowdown in trade will discourage Beijing from strengthening the yuan.
Time (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
(BEIJING)—China has established a company to start making passenger jumbo jets, Chinese state media reported Sunday The Xinhua News Agency said that China Commercial Aircraft Co. was established in Shanghai with registered capital of $2.7 billion. The plan marks a step forward in China's long-term quest to design and build large aircraft, making it less dependent on Boeing Co....
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Xinhua Beijing, May 12 (Xinhua) A major earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale hit Wenchuan County in China’s southwestern Sichuan province Monday. The earthquake took place at 2.28 p.m. The epicentre was located at 31.0 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, the bureau said. Wenchuan is about 100 km to the northwest of [...]
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 22 minutes ago
Michael Pettis submits: April's CPI numbers were released earlier today and, as the pessimists among us expected, inflation came in at 8.5% year on year, quite a bit higher than most analysts’ predictions. March’s year-on-year inflation was 8.3%. Throughout the past two weeks we had been getting a lot of soothing noises about inflation and confident predictions from analysts and even from Governor...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
China's inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rapid price rises and avert possible unrest ahead of the Summer Olympics, according to official data reported Monday.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 21 minutes ago
Beijing based Singapore blogger Alvin writes about the quake in Sichuan being felt in Beijing this afternoon. “Robina called me frantically that the building was swaying. she grabbed Sally and ran out. Sally is still panting from the excitement. all the people from our apartment building came downstairs. nearby office buildings were evacuated. “
Uncommon Misconceptions (Free subscription) | 22 minutes ago
This topic has come up here before, but now we have the Taiwanese explaining just what's going on with the Chinese military buildup: China is building up its military defences to deter US intervention in case of war with Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said Monday. Beijing is focusing on developing long-range missiles “to strike at American [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24 minutes ago
Beijing - An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Wenchuan county in south-western China's Sichuan province Monday, the government and local officials said. The earthquake struck at 2:28 pm (0628 GMT) and could be felt in cities hundreds...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 29 minutes ago
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck central China and was felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam.
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 29 minutes ago
A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has rocked Wenchuan in Sichuan province, some 92km northwest of Chengdu> The earthquake took place at 14:48 Beijing Time and tremors were felt (by our MSN friends) as far as Wuhan, Shanghai and Beijing. This picture on the right shows the aftermath of the IT department of the Sichuan Bureau of the Xinhua News Agency. Former Shanghaiist contributor...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 30 minutes ago
There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries after the quake struck 57 miles northwest of the Sichhuan provincial capital of Chengdu.
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