A Blame Game China Needs to Stop
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Last month the International Energy Agency announced that China would probably surpass the United States as the world's largest contributor of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by 2009, more than a full decade earlier than anticipated. (article 2)
Eight is a fortuitous number that symbolizes fortune and luck, according to Chinese traditions, but thus far, the Year of the Rat has been anything but lucky. (article 5)
Beginning with a devastating blizzard, hundreds of thousands of travelers were left stranded at train stations during the Chinese New Year holiday in January. (article 5)
Weeks later, uprisings in Tibet exploded onto the world stage, igniting protests that overflowed into the international Olympic torch relay. (article 5)
Just as China was getting back on its feet, disaster struck again when two trains collided on a major route in Shandong Province, killing over 70 people. (article 5)
Because of the central government's actions in Sichuan, the rest of the world is beginning to see China less as a threatening dragon and more as a strong but compassionate panda. (article 5)
From immediately dispatching earthquake response teams to allowing foreign journalists to freely report in Sichuan, the central government's relief strategy has helped assuage many of the fears and protests that plagued the Olympic torch relay. (article 5)
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China, Chinese, BEIJING, protests, Olympic |
Source articles
- protein misfolding (Nature Journals, 06/04/2008, 458 words)
- A Blame Game China Needs to Stop (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 779 words)
- 7.9 earthquake in China (L.A. Times, 06/02/2008, 838 words)
- Thousands turn out for speeches by Desmond Tutu, Richard Gere (sfgate.com, 06/04/2008, 872 words)
- ABC News: From Dragon to Panda: a New China? (ABCNews, 06/03/2008, 357 words)
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