北京奧運年 MAY - 极品民工 - 歪酷博客 Ycool Blog

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 has struck China's Sichuan province (5/12) 四川汶川縣下午近二時二十八分發生里氏七點八級強烈地震，甘肅禮縣距離震中以北約三百三十公里，震感劇烈，公司全體員工緊急撤離辦公與宿舍樓，並無傷亡或嚴重物損。成都5/13下午三時許發生六點一級餘震，建築物猛烈搖晃，工作人員紛紛跑到街上躲避，是自昨日以來最強烈餘震。Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,130. (6/06) Another 374,031 people were counted as injured and 17,824 listed as missing.

四川大地震嚴重破壞鄰近的甘肅省，造成直接經濟損失超過五百億元。甘肅(6/01)有365人在地震中遇難，一萬人受傷，超過三百五十萬間屋倒塌或損毀，千多間學校及六百多處文物受損，二萬八千多頭牲畜死亡。省政府正與中央商討，安排興建八萬套臨時房屋供災民暫住。單在隴南市已有330人遇難，6000多人受傷。陝西有109人遇難，重慶15人，河南兩人，雲南、湖北各有一人死亡。
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The earthquake is the second major natural disaster to hit China as it prepares for millions of visitors during the August 2008 Olympics. In January and February, the world's fourth-largest economy suffered weeks of devastating snowstorms that made temporary refugees of millions Chinese travelers and caused at least USD7.5 billion in damage. The storms exacerbated inflation rates, now running above 8% due to high food and energy prices.

The Sichuan earthquake already has topped the most-fatal U.S. earthquake, in San Francisco in 1906 that killed about 3,000 people.

The devastation represents the latest of several crises to test China's leadership in a year that was supposed to be dominated by Beijing's hosting of the Summer Olympics in August. Winter storms in January -- China's worst in 50 years -- shut down much of the country's central and southern regions for weeks and killed crops and livestock, exacerbating already high inflation.

In March, antigovernment protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, and the resulting government crackdown, triggered unrest throughout ethnically Tibetan areas in much of western China. Monday's quake struck in part of that region. The Tibet flare-up fueled criticism of China's government internationally, leading to protests during the Olympic torch relay through major Western cities, which in turn caused an anti-Western backlash in China.

The US Geological Survey says the epicentre of the quake was less than 100 km from the provincial capital of Chengdu. "We felt continuous shaking for about two or three minutes. All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. We're still feeling slight tremblings," an office worker in Chengdu told Reuters. The tremor could be felt in Beijing and Shanghai, where office buildings swayed with the impact. Reports from Thailand say the quake could also be felt there, and that high buildings in Bangkok continued to shake several minutes after the tremors began. China's tallest building, the Jinmao Tower, and other highrise buildings in Shanghai's financial district were evacuated after tremors were first felt. Reports from China say that in Beijing's financial district, many workers fled their buildings but there were no visible signs of damage and the subway system is unaffected. It is not immediately clear if the tremors caused any casualties or damage.

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屬國家控股的中國商用飛機公司今日(5/11)在上海舉行成立大會，公司會自行研發一百五十個座位以上的客機，負責人強調不會威脅現時的飛機製造商。

5/08 successful completion of the Beijing Olympic torch mission to the top of Mt. Everest or Qomolangma.

5/07-08 BV in OC; MM in LHW, and then Tianshui
5/07 Dmitry Medvedev takes over from Putin as Russia's new president.
5/06 US primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.
5/06 Hu Jintao visits Japan, the first visit by a Chinese president in a decade.

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