+China | May 28, 2008

Sharon Stone, the Chinese Media and Stirring Up Trouble

By Simon Elegant

There has been a good deal of discussion in the Chinese media and blogosphere (and also on this blog: see comments on my Wen Jiabao post) about comments by has-been actress Sharon Stone in which she says the thought occurred to her that the earthquake was a karmic punishment for China being “not nice” to [...]

+China | May 28, 2008

It Just Gets Worse…

By billpowell721

I know from the outside looking in it’s easy to become somewhat numb to the death, destruction and dislocation in Sichuan. But it keeps getting worse. This AP dispatch from yesterday is mind blowing. At least 80,000 more people were evacuated last night to avoid potential flood waters that are backing up behind a landslide-produced [...]