Media News - Tuesday, May 20, 2008
China launches 3 bilingual websites for quake information
Three bilingual websites, offering news and information about the Sichuan quake in Chinese and English, were launched by China’s official news organizations today, a week after the earthquake struck. The three sites - www.xhwenchuan.cn, www.512gov.cn and www.wenchuan.cn - were established by the Xinhua News Agency, the People’s Daily and the China Central Television Station, respectively. The sites will provide the latest news on rescue efforts, the situation of survivors and infrastructure reconstruction. They will also post knowledge about sanitation and health, as well as psychological counseling for survivors. The sites hope to help survivors link up with their relatives and orphans find new lives, and to collect public suggestions on reconstruction. More than 34,073 people were confirmed dead in last week’s 8.0 quake in Sichuan Province and 245,108 people were injured as of 12:00 am Monday. Another new site that has recently appeared is the English version of sina.com. (Xinhua via Media Network Weblog)
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