China Cracks Down on Quake Parents on Anniversary, Ahead of Silk Road Forum

Xin Lin and Gao Shan, Wong Siu-san, Wong Lok-to and Goh Fung   |  Radio Free Asia Dozens of parents who lost children in the devastating Sichuan earthquake of 2008 staged a rally on the ninth anniversary of the disaster on Friday over unpaid compensation, while others remained under close surveillance or house arrest. Bereaved […]

Sichuan Quake Victims ‘Still Stuggling’ Eight Years After Disaster

Qiao Long  |  Radio Free Asia Eight years on from the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake, many victims are still struggling to get by on state handouts as promised assistance fails to materialize, families worst hit by the disaster told RFA. More than 80,000 people, thousands of them schoolchildren, died in the May 12, 2008 earthquake […]

Arrest After Quake in Taiwan Echoes Across Strait

Frank Fang  | Epoch Times The earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on Feb. 6 has generated sympathy from around the world—but it has resonated with people in China in particular, effectively holding up a mirror to their own society in showing how corruption is dealt with in a democratic society. Some of the most memorable images […]

Released Chinese Writer Vows to Finish Probe Into Child Quake Deaths

Tan Zuoren, a Chinese writer was released from prison after t five years.
“Right now, I will get started on finishing my work,” Tan said,
He was charged for subversion while trying to probe allegations of corruption linked to construction standards in school buildings that collapsed in the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan