China quake damage even worse than we thought

“China quake toll ‘to top 50,000′“
BBC News
May 15, 2008

More than 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake that devastated parts of China on Monday, state media say.

The warning came after the government confirmed the death toll had risen to 19,500, as rescue efforts continue to search for thousands still trapped.

About 10 million people across Sichuan province have been directly affected by the 7.9 quake, the media said.

confirmed the death toll had risen to 19,500, as rescue efforts continue to search for thousands still trapped.

About 10 million people across Sichuan province have been directly affected by the 7.9 quake, the media said.

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I received an email from the Chinese Internet Research listserv, too. Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of GlobalVoicesOnline.org and blogger at RConversation.com, encourages everyone to make donations for earthquake relief.

As the Chinese people deal with the trauma of the worst earthquake
since Tangshan, it is time for our community – many if not most of
whom have built livelihoods based on our China experience and
knowledge – to help out.

Please make a public pledge of your support for the Chinese people by
going to this link on Pledgebank:
http://www.pledgebank.com/chinaquake

After making your pledge, please go right away to one of the websites
linked on the site (or to some other charity of your choice) and make
a donation. If you would like to suggest other websites where people
can donate online to the Chinese quake victims, please click on the
“comments” section and post the web link and/or any other information
you’d like others to know concerning donations.

Feel free to forward this email to anybody you want.

Thanks.
Rebecca

Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack@hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: RConversation.com
Co-founder: GlobalVoicesOnline.org
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