Sunday, May 18, 2008

A China Bloodbath

A fresh tremor in southwestern China killed three people on Sunday, injured 1,000 others and sent thousands of people already traumatised by last week's massive earthquake fleeing their homes into the streets. The tremor, the strongest aftershock since the May 12 earthquake, hit Jiangyou city in Sichuan, Xinhua state news agency said, on the eve of three days of national mourning for the dead that now stands officially at 32,500. More than six days after the main quake of 7.9 magnitude rattled Sichuan province, authorities are worried by the aftershocks and the build up of water in blocked rivers and have tried to stop people from entering the affected area. China says it expects the final death toll to exceed 50,000. About 4.8 million people have lost their homes. Should China not close the city? Why would a country want to endanger their citizens? Isn't the illegal occupation of Tibet enough for this Imperialistic government of wanna be "big business" men?

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