Beichuan Middle School was destroyed in last year’s Sichuan earthquake. Officials are reticent to give final numbers of students who died while attending the school, but they do offer figures for the number of students currently attending school at a temporary location in Mianyang today. That figure of 3000 students encompasses survivors from seven different [...]
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Rubble and dust - One year after the Sichuan earthquake
May 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, Uncategorized
What has left the biggest impression on me after these five days of visiting some of the earthquake hit areas of Sichuan, is the resilience of the people who experienced death and devastation on such a grand scale. One farmer I spoke to, Zhao Rude, was energetic and sprightly for a seventy year-old as he [...]
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VIDEO: How to get a Beijing bargain
April 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A no-nonsense guide to negotiating the cunning salesladies and sensory overload at Beijing’s famous Silk Market.
A Beijing bargain from Rahul Venkit on Vimeo.
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Bullish China?
March 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
牛年中国经济能牛起来吗？China feeling bullish in the Year of the Ox? China Radio International webcast
This short clip was shown at the National People’s Congress meeting last week in Beijing. Originally put together by the China Radio International web cast team.
Reporting: Bao Congying, Voiceover: Alexandra Stevenson. Subtitles, translation: Wutong, Yangyong. Shot, scripted and edited by Rahul Venkit.
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Chinese state media CCTV culprit in firework inferno
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A fire that erupted Monday around 8:30pm in downtown Beijing was started by fireworks set off during a light show organized by Chinese state television station CCTV to celebrate the last day of Chinese New Year celebrations. The ensuing blaze lit up the sky in something far grander than the usual lanterns and fireworks that [...]
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