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Friday, July 28, 2006
Tragedy on the anniversary of tragedy in China: a national Hoax? Today is the unhappy anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake. On July 28, 1976, measuring 7.8, it killed more than 242,000 people and injured another 168,000 or more; that far exceeds the toll from the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. The following photos, which can be viewed with others at China Daily were taken by Wang Wenlan, one of 10,000 People's Liberation Army soldiers dispatched on the rescue and rebuilding mission following the disaster.   It seems that blogger Han Song , whose article was translated over at Danwei, thinks the whole account of the catastrophe might well be a long lived hoax. He even suggests that the earthquake may have actually occurred in Beijing killing Mao; so, to avoid the chaos Mao's death might cause, the government cooked up the details of the affair. I am guessing that Han Song can now get a job as an historical editor for any Japanese textbook company!* Next, Nanjing will just be the whining of citizens over a band-aid shortage. In provable news: Today the number of dead and missing numbered 100 in China as a result of Typhoon Kaemi.  According to China Daily: "Kaemi, meaning ant in Korean, is the fifth typhoon to hit China this year and has caused scenes of misery and devastation as it has struck rural communities ill prepared for the relentless bad weather." Guangzhou is a perfect 26 degrees as I write, but rain is headed our way and back to Fujian and Anhui as well. The typhoon, now a tropical storm, has weakened, but meteorologists say more storms are due for China. A million people have been evacuated and tens of thousands of farm land acreage has been destroyed in areas already crippled by poverty. Bilis, the predecessor to Kaemi, killed five hundred people fourteen days ago. Nearly 3,000 more houses have collapsed. Landslides have occurred on roads into Guangdong, where I live, threatening the country's most important manufacturing supply routes. "Since most of this year's typhoons have penetrated all the way into the interior, the impact has been comparatively serious," Xinhua News reported. China's typhoon season normally occurs in August and September. But Typhoon Chanchu, the first of the season this year, hit in mid-May. The sudden cooling down in Guangzhou has brought me little comfort. I would rather do with the heat than benefit from the storms. *Better to do without books than to believe everything they say. (Chinese Proverb) China Asia Blogging Expats China Blog Hurricanes Cancer China Pictures Floods Natural Disaters Japan Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Lonnie at 10:56 AM |
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