http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 14 May 2008 01:56:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rescuers searched for earthquake victims amid the debris of a hospital in Dujiangyan on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, Wang Guofei and his younger brother drove to look for their mother in the rugged southwestern county of Beichuan, where at least 5,000 people have died as a result of Monday’s earthquake. ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/quake-toll-rises-china-struggles-to-reach-victims/ A earthquake devastated southwestern China on Monday, killing as many as 10,000 people and trapping hundreds of others under flattened buildings, state media reported. After an update on the impact of the quake, Time Magazine's Beijing correspondent, Austin Ramzy ('03), discusses details and rescue efforts on PBS's Online News Hour. Watch ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/earthquake-rocks-western-china-killing-thousands/ The Indian government has been mining low-grade uranium on tribal lands for decades, but it plans to expand production so that nuclear power will eventually meet a quarter of India's energy needs. The risks of pursuing that policy made international headlines in 2006 when a uranium waste pipeline burst in ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/india-the-cost-of-yellowcake/ Since security is all about preventing any major threat to human life, the effect of the deadly cyclone that hit Burma last Saturday must be seen from a serious human security perspective. However, the Burmese military junta is far from comprehending such a humane concept. Min Zin (VS ‘01), ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/further-stormy-prospects-for-burma/ BEIJING — A team of climbers trudged through snow and ice to carry the Olympic torch to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, fulfilling a long-held goal of the Chinese government to have the Olympic flame lit on top of the world’s highest mountain. Edward Wong (’98) reports for ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/olympic-torch-reaches-everest-peak/ Everyone is running out of words to express their feelings about the Burmese generals. What the generals are doing is making the world furious. It’s time to call their actions a humanitarian crime. It’s impossible to find logical reasons for the junta’s rejection of adequate help from the UN, the ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/commentary-more-words-or-positive-action/ DUJIANGYAN, China — The children who were considered fortunate escaped with a broken bone or a severed limb. The others, hundreds of them, were carried out to be buried, and their remaining classmates lay crushed beneath the rubble of the schoolhouse. Edward Wong (’98) reports for The New York Times. Read ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/05/13/no-hope%e2%80%99-for-children-buried-in-earthquake/ After nearly two decades in power, Burma’s ruling junta should be showing signs of wear and tear. Indeed, observers are constantly on the lookout for evidence of a split within the ranks of the regime’s top leadership. Not surprisingly, they often find what they’re looking for. But rarely, if ever, do ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/04/28/commentary-burma%e2%80%99s-durable-junta/ The Internet is wildly popular in Iran, and blogging has become a vital source of information and analysis due to the systematic rollbacks of press freedoms (such as they were) during the last few years. Censorship and self-censorship takes its toll, as does intimidation and imprisonment of bloggers. But how-to-blog ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/04/28/blogging-in-iran/ Over half of Mumbai's 13 million live in slums. Dharavi has the dubious distinction of being the biggest slum of all. But a plan to raze and rebuild this area - populatd by over 500,000 is underway. In September 2007 twenty six of the world's largest developers put in bids ... http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/coveringasia/2008/04/28/the-heart-of-mumbai/