After The Tsunami
From farmers to millionaires, Chinese people from all walks of life are digging deep into their pockets to help victims of Southeast Asia's devastating earthquake and tsunamis in one of the country's largest fund-raising efforts in recent history.

A foreign couple light candles during a vigil for tsunami victims on Patong beach in Thailand's resort island of Phuket, Jan. 31, 2005. Tourism ministers and envoys from the 42-member World Tourism Organisation lit candles in a sunset vigil attended by thousands on Patong beach Monday.

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Post-Tsunami Reconstruction

 
  • Court orders DNA tests for 'Baby 81' (2/2 21:15)
  • Sri Lanka admits lapses in Tsunami relief operations  (2/2 21:12)
  • Indonesian govt to create 50,000 jobs for tsunami survivors  (2/2 20:11)
  • Earthquake jolts Indonesia's Palu  (2/2 10:18)
  • Worst-hit Banda Aceh back to life (1/2 22:38)
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    World Reaction
  • Japan to provide Sri Lanka with disaster prevention technology (1/2 20:35)
  • Collina to referee money-raising match for Tsunami (1/2 15:37)
  • EU earmarks funds for tsunami victims (1/2 10:19)
  • Sri Lanka to get aid on post-tsunami school reconstruction (31/1 15:07)
  • US offers duty cuts for goods from Indonesia's Aceh (31/1 14:05)
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    Death Toll & Damage
  • US says 34 Americans dead or presumed dead in tsunami (22/1 06:46)
  • Death toll of Asian tsunami approaches 220,000 (19/1 23:45)
  • Death toll in Indonesia shoots up to 166,320 (19/1 23:34)
  • Indonesia suffers $4.5 bln in financial losses from tsunami  (19/1 21:26)
  • Tsunami affects 15,000 pregnant women in Sri Lanka (19/1 13:27)
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    China's Humanitarian Aid
  • Cathay Pacific presents 7 mln-HK-dollar tsunami check to Red Cross (1/2 20:39)
  • Tsunami aid delivered (1/2 07:48)
  • Chinese experts wind up tour of Sri Lanka, Maldives (27/1 22:02)
  • Fourth Chinese medical team arrives in Banda Aceh  (26/1 09:48)
  • China donates 1b yuan to tsunami-hit countries  (25/1 19:59)
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    Background
  • Caribbean region in earthquake and tsunami risk: study (13/1 15:10)
  • Earth pursues "bell-ringing" after quake (9/1 20:37)
  • Over 2,500 aftershocks observed after Indonesian quake  (7/1 11:36)
  • Asia quake shook the world - literally  (31/12 12:27)
  • Continental shelf shields Bangladesh from tsunami effect (31/12 01:47)
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