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an article in science suggested that the construction and filling of the zipingpu dam may have triggered the earthquake . the chief engineer of the sichuan geology and mineral bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault ...
what have researchers been denied ?
access to seismological and geological data
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the earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions . using data from the intermagnet lanzhou geomagnetic observatory , geologists lazo pekevski from the ss . cyril and methodius university of skopje in macedonia and strachimir mavrodiev from the b...
what did the earthquake allow ?
opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions
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the earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions . using data from the intermagnet lanzhou geomagnetic observatory , geologists lazo pekevski from the ss . cyril and methodius university of skopje in macedonia and strachimir mavrodiev from the b...
what did the professors predict ?
the time of the 2008 sichuan earthquake
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the earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions . using data from the intermagnet lanzhou geomagnetic observatory , geologists lazo pekevski from the ss . cyril and methodius university of skopje in macedonia and strachimir mavrodiev from the b...
what did they try to establish ?
time prediction method
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the earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions . using data from the intermagnet lanzhou geomagnetic observatory , geologists lazo pekevski from the ss . cyril and methodius university of skopje in macedonia and strachimir mavrodiev from the b...
what did they collect to use in this method ?
statistics
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in a press conference held by the state council information office the day after the earthquake , geologist zhang xiaodong , deputy director of cea ' s seismic monitoring network center , restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue , in the sense that no proven methods exist , and that no prediction notifica...
what was stated in the press conference ?
that earthquake prediction was a global issue
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in a press conference held by the state council information office the day after the earthquake , geologist zhang xiaodong , deputy director of cea ' s seismic monitoring network center , restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue , in the sense that no proven methods exist , and that no prediction notifica...
what do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction ?
no proven methods exist
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in a press conference held by the state council information office the day after the earthquake , geologist zhang xiaodong , deputy director of cea ' s seismic monitoring network center , restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue , in the sense that no proven methods exist , and that no prediction notifica...
what kind of issue is earthquake prediction ?
a global issue
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in a press conference held by the state council information office the day after the earthquake , geologist zhang xiaodong , deputy director of cea ' s seismic monitoring network center , restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue , in the sense that no proven methods exist , and that no prediction notifica...
what was received before the quake occurred ?
no prediction notification
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in a press conference held by the state council information office the day after the earthquake , geologist zhang xiaodong , deputy director of cea ' s seismic monitoring network center , restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue , in the sense that no proven methods exist , and that no prediction notifica...
what did seismologist gary gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake ?
did not see anything
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in 2002 , chinese geologist chen xuezhong published a seismic risk analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003 , attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 . 0 occurring in sichuan region . he based his study on statistical correlation . that s...
when was a seismic risk analysis published ?
in 2002
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in 2002 , chinese geologist chen xuezhong published a seismic risk analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003 , attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 . 0 occurring in sichuan region . he based his study on statistical correlation . that s...
who published the seismic risk analysis ?
chen xuezhong
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in 2002 , chinese geologist chen xuezhong published a seismic risk analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003 , attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 . 0 occurring in sichuan region . he based his study on statistical correlation . that s...
who published a seismic risk analysis study ?
chen xuezhong
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in 2002 , chinese geologist chen xuezhong published a seismic risk analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003 , attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 . 0 occurring in sichuan region . he based his study on statistical correlation . that s...
in what year did chen xuezhong publish an earthquake study ?
2002
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in 2002 , chinese geologist chen xuezhong published a seismic risk analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003 , attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7 . 0 occurring in sichuan region . he based his study on statistical correlation . that s...
what strength did he predict the next quake in sichuan to be ?
over 7 . 0
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the earthquake was the worst to strike the sichuan area in over 30 years . following the quake , experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance , and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of eart...
how long had it been since an earthquake of similar magnitude ?
over 30 years
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the earthquake was the worst to strike the sichuan area in over 30 years . following the quake , experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance , and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of eart...
how long since the sichuan area has had a severe quake ?
30 years
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the earthquake was the worst to strike the sichuan area in over 30 years . following the quake , experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance , and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of eart...
does the scientific community agree that earthquake prediction is possible ?
no consensus
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the earthquake was the worst to strike the sichuan area in over 30 years . following the quake , experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance , and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of eart...
people wanted to know if the study of what math could produce better predictions ?
statistics
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the earthquake was the worst to strike the sichuan area in over 30 years . following the quake , experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance , and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of eart...
what is not an established science ?
earthquake prediction
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
what did premier wen jiabao order ?
the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
how many helicopters were provided by the plaaf ?
60
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
how many helicopter were to be provided by the civil aviation industry ?
30
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
how many aircraft were there in total ?
over 150
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
what is the total number of aircraft used in the relief operation ?
over 150
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
how many helicopters came from the plaaf ?
60
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
who provided the other 30 helicopters ?
civil aviation industry
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by may 15 , premier wen jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters , of which 60 were to be provided by the plaaf , and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry , bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force , army , and civil aviation to over 1...
what kind of operation did this massing of aircraft produce ?
non combat airlifting
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beijing accepted the aid of the tzu chi foundation from taiwan late on may 13 . tzu chi was the first force from outside the people ' s republic of china to join the rescue effort . china stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake .
what foundation wanted to aid beijing ?
the tzu chi foundation
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beijing accepted the aid of the tzu chi foundation from taiwan late on may 13 . tzu chi was the first force from outside the people ' s republic of china to join the rescue effort . china stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake .
where was the foundation based ?
taiwan
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beijing accepted the aid of the tzu chi foundation from taiwan late on may 13 . tzu chi was the first force from outside the people ' s republic of china to join the rescue effort . china stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake .
when did beijing agree to aid from taiwan ?
late on may 13
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beijing accepted the aid of the tzu chi foundation from taiwan late on may 13 . tzu chi was the first force from outside the people ' s republic of china to join the rescue effort . china stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake .
what was the first group from outside china to join in the relief operation ?
tzu chi foundation
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beijing accepted the aid of the tzu chi foundation from taiwan late on may 13 . tzu chi was the first force from outside the people ' s republic of china to join the rescue effort . china stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake .
what did china say they would accept ?
international help
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beijing accepted the aid of the tzu chi foundation from taiwan late on may 13 . tzu chi was the first force from outside the people ' s republic of china to join the rescue effort . china stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake .
what did china need help for ?
cope with the quake
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
who made a direct chartered cargo flight ?
china airlines
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
what date did the cargo flight leave ?
may 15
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
when did a rescue team depart ?
may 16
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
how did the move the relief supplies from taiwan to the stricken area ?
chartered cargo flight
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
from what airport did the chartered flight leave ?
taiwan taoyuan international airport
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
where did the chartered flight from taiwan land ?
chengdu
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
what red cross team left taipei on may 16
rescue team
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a direct chartered cargo flight was made by china airlines from taiwan taoyuan international airport to chengdu shuangliu international airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the tzu chi foundation and the red cross society of taiwan to the affected areas . approval from mainland chinese authoritie...
where did the red cross team from taiwan land ?
chengdu
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
what did the us share ?
satellite images of the quake stricken areas
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
who did the us share the satellite images with ?
chinese authorities
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
how many chinese troops were involved in the rescue efforts ?
135 , 000
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
when did groups from south korea , japan , and others arrive in china ?
may 16
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
what did the u . s . share with china ?
satellite images
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
what was included in the the air force c 17 supplies ?
tents and generators
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on may 16 , rescue groups from south korea , japan , singapore , russia and taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort . the united states shared some of its satellite images of the quake stricken areas with chinese authorities . during the weekend , the us sent into china two u . s . air force c 17 ' s carrying supplies...
how many chinese troops and medics were involved in the relief efforts ?
135 , 000
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
what was extensively used to pass information to aid rescue and recovery efforts ?
the internet
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
what did the xinhua news agency set up ?
an online rescue request center
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
what was the purpose of this online rescue request center ?
to find the blind spots of disaster recovery
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
where did rescue helicopters have trouble landing ?
wenchuan
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
what was used as a communications aid in the relief efforts ?
the internet
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
who set up an online site to focus on blind spots in recovery ?
news agency xinhua
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
what person suggested a landing spot for helicopters near the epicenter ?
a student
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
what kind of information were websites set up to store ?
contact information
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the internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts . for example , the official news agency xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery . after knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in...
on what date did a rescue helicopter crash with no survivors ?
may 31
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
what was done for the anniversary ?
a moment of silence
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
where did the government open access to ?
the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
how long was it opened for ?
three days
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
what did china do to mark the first anniversary of the quake ?
a moment of silence
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
what will the beichuan county seat be used for ?
earthquake relic museum
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
what kind of event were given to raise money for quake survivors ?
several concerts
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on may 12 , 2009 , china marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead . the government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the beichuan county seat for three days , after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum , to r...
what is the beichuan museum meant to remind people of ?
the terrible disaster
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
what was also donated ?
blood
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
what companies received the money ?
china unicom and china mobile
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
after the quake , people from where in china made donations ?
all over mainland china
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
what caused long lines in most major cities ?
donated blood
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
what were the chinese setting up to take in donations ?
booths
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
how did a lot of people donate using mobile phones ?
text messaging
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following the earthquake , donations were made by people from all over mainland china , with booths set up in schools , at banks , and around gas stations . people also donated blood , resulting in according to xinhua long line ups in most major chinese cities . many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to a...
how much had the chinese government designated by may 16 ?
772 million
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
how many tents were flown to the region ?
557
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
how many quilts were flown to the region ?
2 , 500
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
how much were both supplies worth ?
788 , 000 yuan
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
what county were the supplies flown to ?
wenchuan county
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
how many tents did the sichuan ministry provide for the homeless ?
30 , 000
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
what group took tents and quilts to wenchuan county ?
red cross society of china
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
how much has the amity foundation designated for disaster relief ?
us 143 , 000
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
how many tents did the sichuan ministry of affairs provide ?
30 , 000
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
what were all these tents and quilts for ?
those left homeless
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the red cross society of china flew 557 tents and 2 , 500 quilts valued at 788 , 000 yuan ( us 113 , 000 ) to wenchuan county . the amity foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked us 143 , 000 for disaster relief . the sichuan ministry of civil affairs said that they have provided 30 , 000 te...
what foundation had already begun relief work in the area ?
the amity foundation
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the central government estimates that over 7 , 000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake . chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase : " tofu dregs schoolhouses " ( chinese : ) , to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school chil...
how many schoolrooms collapsed in the quake ?
7 , 000
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the central government estimates that over 7 , 000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake . chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase : " tofu dregs schoolhouses " ( chinese : ) , to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school chil...
what catch phrase was invented as a result of collapsed schools ?
tofu dregs schoolhouses
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the central government estimates that over 7 , 000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake . chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase : " tofu dregs schoolhouses " ( chinese : ) , to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school chil...
why did so many schools collapse during the earthquake ?
inadequately engineered
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the central government estimates that over 7 , 000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake . chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase : " tofu dregs schoolhouses " ( chinese : ) , to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school chil...
what are the estimations of how many schoolrooms collapsed ?
over 7 , 000
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the central government estimates that over 7 , 000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake . chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase : " tofu dregs schoolhouses " ( chinese : ) , to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school chil...
what has the citizenry started calling these type of schools ?
tofu dregs schoolhouses
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the central government estimates that over 7 , 000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake . chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase : " tofu dregs schoolhouses " ( chinese : ) , to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school chil...
what can illegal children be registered as in place of their dead siblings ?
legal replacements
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rescue efforts performed by the chinese government were praised by western media , especially in comparison with myanmar ' s blockage of foreign aid during cyclone nargis , as well as china ' s previous performance during the 1976 tangshan earthquake . china ' s openness during the media coverage of the sichuan earthqu...
what did a professor at the peking university say about the handling of the earthquake ?
this is the first time that the chinese media has lived up to international standards
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rescue efforts performed by the chinese government were praised by western media , especially in comparison with myanmar ' s blockage of foreign aid during cyclone nargis , as well as china ' s previous performance during the 1976 tangshan earthquake . china ' s openness during the media coverage of the sichuan earthqu...
what did myanmar block after cyclone nargis ?
foreign aid
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rescue efforts performed by the chinese government were praised by western media , especially in comparison with myanmar ' s blockage of foreign aid during cyclone nargis , as well as china ' s previous performance during the 1976 tangshan earthquake . china ' s openness during the media coverage of the sichuan earthqu...
what did a peking professor say about chinese media coverage ?
up to international standards
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rescue efforts performed by the chinese government were praised by western media , especially in comparison with myanmar ' s blockage of foreign aid during cyclone nargis , as well as china ' s previous performance during the 1976 tangshan earthquake . china ' s openness during the media coverage of the sichuan earthqu...
who praised chinese media coverage as being democratic ?
los angeles times
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rescue efforts performed by the chinese government were praised by western media , especially in comparison with myanmar ' s blockage of foreign aid during cyclone nargis , as well as china ' s previous performance during the 1976 tangshan earthquake . china ' s openness during the media coverage of the sichuan earthqu...
in which previous catastrophe not live up to international standards ?
1976 tangshan earthquake
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
what formed behind blockages ?
quake lakes
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
how many quake lakes formed ?
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
how many of the lakes were a danger to people ?
28
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
what was the magnitude of the sichuan earthquake ?
7 . 9
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
what blocked many of the area ' s rivers ?
large landslides
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
what formed behind the blocked rivers ?
quake lakes
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as a result of the magnitude 7 . 9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks , many rivers became blocked by large landslides , which resulted in the formation of " quake lakes " behind the blockages these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared ...
by may 27 , how many earthquake lakes had formed up behind landslide debris ?
34
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