iphone girl, Beautiful mistake
08.27.08
posted by eguda
Cyber "markm49uk" in UK never thought he can initiate a big disturbance when he post "iphone girl" to the forum "macrumors" on 20th Augest. Six days later, now the girl in Foxconn China's factory, Huizhou of Guangdong, was world wide well-known as "iphone girl". Some cybers even registed blogs for her(www.iphonegirl.net & www.iphonegirl.cn).
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China Seeks to Relocate 12 Million Quake Survivors
05.20.08
posted by pondy
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China will relocate more than 12 million people made homeless by the country's deadliest earthquake in 32 years as the threat of rain heightened concern disease will spread. The May 12 temblor destroyed 5.4 million homes and damaged another 21.4 million,
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We will defeat it.
The AP is reporting on this as well. The stories that are coming out of China are so tragic:
Donated vans came from another Chinese province. American students arranged extra warehouse space for donated food, water and medicine. A Canadian couple offered free medical expertise.
Linking them all is Heart to Heart International, an Olathe, Kan.-based humanitarian group that is putting foreign volunteers and Chinese together to get help to survivors of China's worst earthquake in decades.
"We pay our own way to come here and help. People say, 'Why do you do that?' I say to the Chinese: 'One day we'll have this need. We will need to have the world help us,'" said Dr. Gary Morsch, founder of Heart to Heart.
Largely powered by volunteers, the disaster-aid group is a rarity in China, which has long been suspicious of non-governmental organizations and foreign influences.
China initially refused all offers to have foreign aid workers involved in disaster relief, saying it would accept emergency supplies but didn't have the capacity to accommodate foreign aid teams.
But the horrifying devastation across a wide swath of central Sichuan province quickly convinced Beijing it needed specialized help.
Search and rescue teams from Japan, Russia, Singapore and South Korea were allowed in, fanning out to extract survivors, and increasingly bodies, from unstable mounds of rubble. But China inexplicably refused entry to teams from Britain, Australia and several other nations.
Still, China's ability to respond using its own resources and manpower has been impressive, Morsch said.
"I think the response here has been as great and quick and fast as anywhere I've seen," he said.
Heart to Heart's unusual access is due to its long-standing presence in Chengdu, where it set up offices 11 years ago to work a variety of projects, including specialized medical training and disaster management.
Partnering with local Chinese groups and the provincial health bureau, the group slowly built up the trust that has allowed it to work unhampered during the earthquake crisis.
In the last week, an average of 100 volunteers a day has streamed through the group's main Chengdu office, some dropping off carloads of supplies, others offering to be part of relief teams. About half are foreigners, including Americans, Koreans and Germans, and the rest are Chinese.
"We live here in Mianyang," said one volunteer, Aaron Cyboron, 27, of Norfolk, Neb., who has been studying Chinese at a local university for three years. "When the quake happened, we were desperately looking for ways to help.
Two days after the quake, he and fellow student Aric Berger of Auburn, Wash., joined a group of Heart to Heart volunteers in hiking into the badly hit town of Beichuan, carrying supplies in their backpacks.
"It was surreal, the destruction there. I didn't recognize the place anymore," said Berger, 23. "The major residential area was probably 50 to 60 six-story buildings. Now it's virtually one pile."
The two students quickly became ad hoc organizers, finding a storage space — an empty garage in the apartment complex where Berger lived — where medical supplies and basic aid could be stockpiled. They scouted out four houses to hold volunteers
"Everyone I know has been completely willing to jump in on this, from big things to little stuff," Berger said.
The response from the Chinese people has been even more astounding, said Morsch, 56, a family practice physician.
"What we're seeing is a massive outpouring of support by Chinese, which is part of the long-term growth of a society. It's wonderful to see this happen," he said.
He attributes it in part to the increased economic success of a growing middle class: "They have the means to say, 'Let's go and do it ourselves.'"
Among the most impressive donations came from the Jiang Huai automotive company, based in Anhui Province, which loaned 200 vehicles — passengers cars, minivans and trucks — to the relief effort.