Beijing Earthquake

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  "Shameless": Taiwan Slams China For Accepting Global Sympathy On Earthquake

  Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as "shameless" after Beijing's deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island.

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  China Won't Tell Truth About Quake That Killed 87,000, Alleges Activist

  A decade since the devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing, activist artist Ai Weiwei concedes that Beijing will never provide a full reckoning of the disaster

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  India Still Not Sure Why River Siang Turned Black, Muddy

  Earlier this week, China officially stated the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh may have turned muddy due to a series of earthquakes in Tibet in November. Beijing also alerted India of possible massive floods in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam due to the formation of massive landslide dams that might burst.

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  China Steps Up Efforts to Reopen Border With Nepal

  With Nepal's supplies being squeezed due to the restricted movement of goods through the Indian border after protests over the new Constitution, China today said that it is expediting efforts to re-open its borders with Nepal which has been closed since the massive earthquake in the Himalayan nation.

• Earthquake in China leaves One Dead, 300 Injured

  Thousands of rescuers were deployed in southwest China on Wednesday after a strong earthquake left one person dead and more than 300 injured, with over 100,000 displaced, state-run media reported.

• Chinese Media Keep to Beijing's Script for Quake Reports

  He was one of the first Chinese reporters to reach the earthquake epicentre, but the rows of hastily wrapped bodies at the roadside held no news value for the television cameraman.

• China Earthquake Toll Nears 600 as Volunteers Told to Stay Away

  The death toll from an earthquake that devastated a remote region of China jumped to nearly 600 people on Wednesday, authorities said, as volunteer rescuers were warned away.

• China Earthquake Death Toll Jumps to 589: Government

  At least 589 people have died in an earthquake that devastated a Chinese village, officials said on Wednesday, marking a sharp increase in the death toll.

• Secretive Beijing demands transparency over missing jet

  China's strident calls for Malaysia to divulge all it knows about flight MH370 are in stark contrast to its own history of secretiveness when calamities have struck, such as after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, analysts say.

• Costs of natural disasters in China surge to $69 billion

  Natural disasters including droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China 421 billion yuan in 2013, official data showed on Monday, nearly double the total in the previous year.

• 5.5 quake hits northeast China: US Geological Survey

  A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck northeast China Saturday at a shallow depth of 12.5 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

• 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts northeast China

  A moderate earthquake of 5.3-magnitude jolted a city in northeast China's Jilin Province today, damaging some houses.

• 5.8 magnitude quake hits China's Shangri-La, one dead

  An earthquake struck a remote part of southwest China on Saturday near the popular tourist area of Shangri-La, killing at least one person, state media said.

• Two earthquakes shake parts of Tibet

  Parts of Tibet were rocked by two earthquakes this morning. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the border region of Zogang County and Markam County at Qamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region at 5:23 am today (Beijing Time), China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.

• Earthquake death toll rises to 89 in China, hundreds injured

  The death toll from two earthquakes in China's western Gansu province has climbed to 89, with more than 500 people severely injured, after 1,200 buildings collapsed and tens of thousands more were badly damaged, said the official Xinhua news agency.