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- In Memory: 1 Year Anniversary Of The 5.12 Sichuan Earthquake [CN Reviews] "As expected, the Chinese media and internet is crawling with content commemorating the one-year anniversary of the devastating 2008 May 12th Sichuan Earthquake (often also referred to as the Beichuan/Wenchuan Earthquake) that killed a reported 68,712 people, including 5,335 students, with around 18,000 people still listed as missing. We’ve compiled six of the most popular “512″ videos on Youku."
- The Eight Star Government Office Building [Netease - translated by ESWN] "Linyi city has three districts and nine counties, of which five of those counties are classified as "impoverished." But under the leadership of the Linyi city Party Committee and Government, a world-class government office building has been constructed. This building has an area of 120,000 plus square meters spread over 23 floors (including two basement levels) serviced by 18 elevators. The building was constructed for 38.2 billion RMB at an average cost of 3,200,000 RMB per square meter. Today it was announced by Guinness (China) proclaimed that this to be the only eight-star government office building in the world."
- China should release a critical earthquake preparedness document [China Media Project] "In early 2005, more than three years before the Wenchuan earthquake struck, a number of cities and provinces, including Sichuan and Shaanxi, participated in a wide-scale action for earthquake preparedness. That action responded to a series of central government demands, including the strengthening of dangerous and old school buildings. The time has come for China’s government to make public the critical national document behind that 2005 push."
- China Confirms a Swine Flu Case; Starts Quarantine [WSJ] "China confirmed its first case of A/H1N1 swine flu Monday and said it was attempting to quarantine all the passengers who had flown with the sick man aboard a flight from Tokyo. The patient, identified only as a 30-year-old with the surname Bao, is a university student in the U.S., Chinese health officials said. He flew from St. Louis via St. Paul, Minnesota, to Tokyo before boarding Northwest Airlines flight NW029 to Beijing Saturday. He then took an internal flight to Chengdu, the capital of western China's Sichuan province."
- Ma casts doubt on existence of WHO memo [Taipei Times] "President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday cast doubt on the existence of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) allegedly signed by Beijing and the WHO in 2005, challenging the former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration’s claim that the document was signed to limit Taiwan’s participation in the organization."
- 10yr-old Chinese quake hero turns movie star [Sify.com] " Lin Hao is no longer camera shy, for the youngest of China's "quake heroes" to emerge from last year's catastrophe is filming for a third television role. The 10-year-old, who had rescued two fellow students from classroom rubble after being left with a head injury that required a hair transplant, is presently shooting for a sitcom entitled Stories at the Nurse Station."
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the eight star office building story is probably a hoax. The original piece ESWN translated was from a Netease BBS entry, and has since been refuted
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-05/12/content_788766.htm
"The Center" on Changle Lu was sold last year for ￥4.44 bil. Hard to imagine anything in Linyi would cost 9 times the price of a prime office building in Shanghai.
When oh when will people open their eyes and see what a two-faced douchebag Ma Ying-jeou is? Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the existence of the MOU a day after Ma's statement. So Ma's government knows the document exists, but he does not? Yeah, that's likely.