Recommended Reads: The earthquake

The environment
NY Times: Disaster Set Off by Colliding Land Masses
NPR: Geology, Engineering Contribute to Quake Damage
Probe International: China's deadly quake: Is the Three Gorges Dam to blame?
Treehugger: China earthquake threatens nearby dams, environment

Rescue efforts
The Guardian: Ill-equipped soldiers face losing battle in huge rescue operation
Press TV: China rejects foreign rescue teams
NY Times: Quake toll rises; China struggles to reach victims
Xinhua: Wen: 90 more copters for quake relief

International aid
The Times: China Rejects Foreign Rescuer Workers
Xinhua: Pakistan to send relief goods to China
IHT: SKorea to send China US$1 million in earthquake aid
The Canadian Press: IOC gives US$1 million to aid relief efforts after China earthquake

The people
IHT: Workers on Chinese coast struggle after devastating earthquake back home
TIME China blog: In the disaster zone
CNN: China's earthquake survivors 'eat bitterness'
Telegraph: China earthquake: Exodus begins from Sichuan

Shoddy construction
AFP: Schoolchildren death toll sparks tough questions in China
LA Times: China's building codes not always followed
The Guardian: Searching the rubble of a Chinese school, parents' grief turns to fury

Earthquake accounts from foreigners
AZ Central: 3 former Valley residents tell of China terror
James Fallows: Earthquake accounts from foreigners in Chengdu
BBC: NI teacher's earthquake terror
The Age: Australian caught up in China earthquake horror