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• Commented on What China Twitterers said about the 3 minute "silence" that just took place
  My office observed the three minutes of public/collective mourning as well (I think that might be a better gloss on it than "silence"). I was extremely moved by the horns, actually. In our part of town (in Xicheng) it was...
• Commented on Sichuan Earthquake: List of missing foreigners so far
  Arab Times is reporting the following: "A 38-year-old French teacher who worked in Wenchuan was found safe in a camp for displaced people and will also be taken to Chengdu, said the consul in the city, Jacques Dumazy." http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=16979&ccid=18 Not...
• Commented on Missing foreigners: An update
  Arab Times is reporting the following: "A 38-year-old French teacher who worked in Wenchuan was found safe in a camp for displaced people and will also be taken to Chengdu, said the consul in the city, Jacques Dumazy." http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=16979&ccid=18 Not...
• Commented on Sichuan Earthquake: List of missing foreigners so far
  A minor, but important, correction to the figures about tourists stranded in Aba reported above: (http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-05/15/content_8174292.htm) These are figures for people stranded in the entire PREFECTURE (Aba Zhou), not just in Aba County (Aba Xian). Aba Prefecture has several counties,...
• Commented on Sichuan Earthquake: List of missing foreigners so far
  No news yet, but that isn't surprising as the phones have all been cut off (both land and wireless systems down). The picture you linked to is definitely of Aba Teacher's College, so the good state of the buildings there...