Shanghai, Renmin Square

tens of thousands of people gathered together mourning the death and supporting Sichuan province.

Millions of Chinese mourned the death

On May 19, 2:28 pm, millions of Chiense all over the country as well as overseas observed three minutes silence paying tribute to the victims in the recent earthquake in Sichuan, and began the three-day mourning. All public entertaining activities are suspended in the same time. The death toll of the disaster has risen above 30,000. 

On Tianmen Square, after the three-minute silence, tens of thousands of people were unwilling to leave. Gathered on the square, they voluntarily burst into a long lasting chant of “China, Stronger, Sichuan, Stronger, Wenchuan Stronger”, showing the determination of all the Chinese to stay united and stand strong in the face of this devastating disaster.

Same was seen in Chengdu, Sichuan.

Wenchuan, Sichuan

Beijing

Honkong

 

“The reason we are all so moved to tears …

is that we all so deeply love this land and the people living here know to take care of each other”, says the man, and so does everyone of us.

The aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Sichuan is heartbreaking

The rescuing is at work in every second, but the difficulty is tremendous. The major challenge is to getting both the personnel and power tools to the remote area in the greatest need at this moment. The roads are often cracked or blocked, and the most devastatingly destroyed counties are scattered and hidden deep in the mountains. The death toll has risen above 14,000 right now, and still at least 10,000 are being buried under the ruins, hopefully waiting for the rescuers. The government is certainly utilizing all the resources available to speed up the rescuing, and every individual Chinese and sympathizing people around the world is contributing through all sorts of channels. The donation website of the Red Cross Society of China has been jammed by the overwhelming traffic for days and remains difficult to reach. Despite all the sadness and difficulties, I stay confident, especially observing our national fellows reacting in such a calm, steady and heartwarming manner in the face of the disaster,  that Sichuan province will pull it through the disaster and stand up stronger and more modernized in the near future.

 

Devastating earthquake in central China

Let’s all pray for the victims and wish all the survivors the best. Please, everyone is encouraged to donate at the Red Cross Society of China. It’s a bit painful to go through, but with some patience, it will.

The earthquake of magnitude 7.8 caused above 12,000 death in the central-southwest part of China

Residents of Chengdu City waiting in line for blood donation

Hospitals were forced to take women who just happened to be in delivery outdoors for safety. People voluntarily stood in circle to provide protections. New born babies were taken outside for their safety as well. I have no doubt that they will grow strong.

Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened to the public today

The bridge is more than 36 km long, the second longest bridge and the longest sea crossing bridge in the world, connecting Shanghai and Ningbo, across the Hangzhou Bay at the East China Sea. The construction took about four years to complete and the cost was $1.5 billion. Keep in mind that this is also a “made in China”.

  

  

  

The last two pictures are the scenery observation dock and the planned structures.

I’ve launched my Chinese Blog as well

In case you read Chinese, you are most welcomed to visit my Chinese Blog as well. Thanks.

The elder and the young

Only one

I wanted to stay away from the stories about Wang Qianyuan (what’s that about? Google it if you don’t know yet), because I don’t approve of what people did to her. Their angers are legitimate, but turning it into personal attacks is wrong and should be condemned. People should really just leave her alone.

But today I happened to stop by a very funny comment regarding this lady on some Chinese forum. The comment said: American hail, after 19 years of wait since 6.4, finally there came a second crowd, except, this time, we’ve got only one!

Something to think about. BTW, the comment was made about an NYT report on the incident.

This one needs no words

This is hilarious: Dalai (Dalie) Lama and his land rover

The short article is found here. Not sure what the author’s intention was, but it’s fun. I believe my readers, if there’s still any, deserve a break.