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China earthquake death toll rises to 69,159, and total 374,141 injured, 17,469 still missing (June 12, 2008). 

  Picture Show:  earth quake in May 2008 in Sichuan Province
 

• China quake dissident gets 3 years  - Beijing jails activist on state secrets charges; advised parents on shoddy school construction after deaths of 5,000 children. (The Globe and Mail)
• Faults And Earthquakes In China Monitored From Space
• A year after China's quake, many still asking why
• Sichuan Earthquake
• Rebuilding China's quake-hit zone
• China's disabled quake children piece together their lives
• White Paper: China "grateful" for international help after earthquake
• Chinese officials deny human error in school quake deaths
• Review: 'China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province'
• China's quake survivors: Counselors offer patience and encouragement
• China Reports Student Toll for Quake
• China urged to name quake victims - BBC News
• China: 757 women pregnant who lost child in quake - AP
• Romance and Recovery in Quake-Devastated Are - The News York Times
• Grieving parents file lawsuit in China - IHT
• Hesitantly, China's quake widowed get hitched again - China Daily
• Garbled Report on Sichuan Death Toll Revives Pain. The New York Times
• Parents in uprising in China quake town. June 13, 2008 theage.com.au
• China Sends Troops as Quake Waters Threaten 700,000, Bloomberg. May 26
• China to set up 1 million temporary homes by Aug. 10. Daily Yomiuri
• Chinese panda escapes quake. IOL
• Chinese panda escapes quake. The Australian
• Burma and China: Tale of two disasters. BBC
• China quake to trim growth 'at least 0.2 points' AFP
• China Mourns Dead From Earthquake in `Wail of Grief' (Update3) . Bloomberg
• 158 Relief Workers in China Are Killed by Landslides NY Times
• Quake helps mend China's image. Asia Times
• China's Hu Says `Saving Lives' Priority as Toll Rises. Bloomberg
• China buries quake dead as new aftershock hits. Reuters
• English Teacher's China Update. NPR.org
• China jails 'blackmail' reporter. Aljazeera
• China quake leaves 4.6m homeless.News.com.au
• Five facts on China's race to save quake victims. May 15, Reuters
• China quake: Nearly 900 tourists stranded May 15, NDTV
• In China, the pain of survival. May 15, the Star
• Olympics ticket deadline extended after China quake. May 15, Guardian, UK
• Parents' losses compounded by China's one-child policy. May 15, CNN
• China Digs for Survivors as Death Toll Nears 15,000. May 14 Bloomberg
• A Rescue in China, Uncensored The May 14, New York Times
• Fears for tourists in China quake. May 14, BBC News
• First Beijing death linked to China virus outbreak. May 14 Reuter
• China tightening exports to reduce surplus: WTO. May 14,  Australia Broadcasting Corp.
• China Quake Won't Shake Economy. Business Week
• British tourists missing after China quake. Reuters
• China's quake response is unusually open. IHT
• WTO: China must address rich-poor gap. AP
• China earthquake could fuel inflation problem. National Post
• Atlantans tell of chaos after China earthquake. AJC.com
• Yuan to Rise 7%, China's Best Tool to Lower Inflation, Says UOB. Bloomberg
• China Is Hit by 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Near Chengdu. Bloomberg

China earthquake death toll rises to 69,159, and total 374,141 injured, 17,469 still missing (June 12, 2008).  Pictures from disaster areas.