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Chinese premier leaves Beijing for European tour [Xinhua]

Here are the top running stories and recurring themes on Shanghaiist for the year 2008. Looking back, we can't help but marvel at what a crazy year it's been!

Wang Chen: China Registers Historic Progress in Human Rights [Xinhua]

WSJ Blog: The Grand Li Ning Finale

The Press Association: China says quake lake alert is over

Though reports are varied, it now appears that the current death from the Wenchuan earthquakes is somewhere between 17,000 and 20,000 (latter figure from the Time China Blog, although most of the media is still reporting the official count at a more conservative 15,000. It's still to0 early to say just how high that figure will climb once everything is said and done, but an earlier Time's estimate put that number at around 100,000 (their man Austin Ramzy is there right now). While we hope that this isn't the case, we can see why they would say that, because other sources put the amount of buried or missing at between 27,000 and a staggering 60,000, and time is running out to get these people out.

Treehugger: China earthquake threatens nearby dams, environment