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The return of the nail houses

Well, the nail-houses have never gone anywhere, it’s more a matter of where the media has gone when they don’t cover them. I’m not saying there ought to be round the clock coverage, just that the phenomenon is and always … Continue reading

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Wenchuan: should we stay or should we go?

The debate rages on, with many Wenchuan local residents, according to a survey, inclined to get out of there while they can. This article claims that out of 768 people surveyed, over 90% of them wanted to leave and rebuild … Continue reading

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Southern Weekend investigative report on the Juyuan Middle School

The Juyuan Middle School was one of the “worst” tragedies of the Wenchuan earthquake: the entirely school collapsed and took the lives of the hundreds of people that were inside it. Recent media attention in China has been focused on … Continue reading

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