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China: Earthquake Witness from Beichuan

Categories: East Asia, China, Disaster, Education, Humanitarian Response, Politics

Qiang-shan You-ke from my1510 writes in detail what had happened in Beichuan secondary school after the earthquake. The writer lost his wife on that date and witnessed the deaths of hundreds of teachers and students. He believes that 80% of the deaths were result of human mistake [zh] [1].