May 15, 2008
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


News from Sina.com cites Chinese foreign ministry allowing Japanese rescue teams to the quake hit area.
"Is the Three Gorges Dam to blame?" LOL