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A Year Since the Ground Shook

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Jo

May 12 marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province in which more than 90,000 people lost their lives.  Below are some links to recent articles and other resources commemorating the tragedy. 

Enduring grief, new joys: one year on from the Sichuan earthquake (The Guardian)

China Quake:  from rubble, civil society builds (The Christian Science Monitor)

China quake scars linger amid rebuilding (CNN, via China Digital Times)

China earthquake: a year of recovery (National Public Radio)

A year after quake; new births, old wounds (The New York Times)

On May 19, 2008, one week after the quake I joined thousands of mourners in Tiananmen Square to observe 3 minutes of silence, which I wrote about in a post titled "A Nation Mourns."

Even though life goes on, and the world has moved on to other events, it's important to stop and remember those who are still hurting.

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