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1.57 million	How much did actor Jackie Chan donate?
Promise	What was the name of Chan's music video?
This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards	What did a professor at the Peking University say about the handling of the earthquake?
foreign aid	What did Myanmar block after Cyclone Nargis?
up to international standards	What did a Peking professor say about Chinese media coverage?
Los Angeles Times	Who praised Chinese media coverage as being democratic?
1976 Tangshan earthquake	In which previous catastrophe not live up to international standards?
quake lakes	What formed behind blockages?
34	How many quake lakes formed?
28	How many of the lakes were a danger to people?
7.9	What was the magnitude of the Sichuan earthquake?
large landslides	What blocked many of the area's rivers?
quake lakes	What formed behind the blocked rivers?
34	By May 27, how many earthquake lakes had formed up behind landslide debris?
Entire villages	What had to be evacuated due to potential flooding?
Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan	Where was the most precarious quake lake located?
by foot or air	How could you only get to this quake lake?
tractors	What machinery was airlifted into the location?
200,000	How many people were evacuated downstream?
the dam bursting	What was the fear that caused 200,000 people to be evacuated from Mianyang?
Mount Tangjia	Where was the worst of the quake lakes located?
Beichuan County, Sichuan	Where is Mount Tangjia?
1,200	How many soldiers had to travel to the area by foot?
The State Council	Who declared the mourning period?
national mourning	What did the State Council declare a period of?
Mao Zedong	This was the biggest display of mourning since the death of who?
May 19, 2008	When did the Chinese hold a moment of silence?
Cars and trucks	What came to a halt during the moment of silence?
three-day period	How long was the national mourning for the quake victims to last?
Olympic torch relay	What was suspended for the duration of the mourning period?
Ningbo	Where was the relay scheduled to take place?
Beijing Olympic torch relay	What was suspended during the period of mourning?
in Ningbo	Where was the torch relay supposed to take place?
The route	What part of the relay did they change?
Ruijin, Jiangxi	Where was there a minute of silence during the relay?
black and white	What colors did many websites convert their home pages to?
all advertisements	What did internet portals remove from their home pages?
various gaming sites	Many of what shut down completely?
burst out cheering	What did the crowds in Tiananmen Square do after the moment of silence?
Casinos	What business closed in Macau?
Ye Zhiping	Who was the principal of Sangzao Middle School?
proactive action that spared the lives of all 2,323 pupils in attendance when the earthquake happened	What was the principal credited with?
2,323	How many students attended the school?
400,000 yuan	How much money was used to strengthen the construction of the school?
Ye Zhiping	What school principal strengthened his school?
Sangzao	Where is the Sangzao Middle School?
An County	The Sangzao school is one of the biggest in what county?
three-year period	How many years was Ye Zhiping involved in the school overhaul?
to gain first-hand material of construction quality	Why were the schools inspected?
safety checks	What was to be carried out at schools after the quake?
Chinese prosecutors	Who has joined an official inquiry into the school scandal?
professional crime	What investigation are the prosecutors pursuing?
schools across China	Where are the Chinese going to perform safety checks?
Reuters	What group reported that Chinese prosecutors were involved in investigating the schoolhouse collapses?
money	What was given in exchange of signing the document?
riot police	What other methods were used to break up protests?
government officials	Who did the New York Times report was investigating the school collapses?
limit protests	What are officials seeking to do about protesting parents?
money	What are officials offering parents in exchange of protests?
were threatened	What has happened to some who refuse to agree to not protest?
on school collapses	What did officials order Chinese news media to stop reporting?
Liu Shaokun	Who was a Sichuan school teacher?
that he was being investigated on suspicion of the crime of inciting subversion	What was Liu's family told?
Sichuan school teacher	What was Liu Shaokun's profession?
crime of inciting subversion	Why was he investigated?
put them online	What did Liu Shankun do with the pictures he took of collapsed schools?
in a media interview	Where did he call the schoolhouses shoddy?
one year of re-education	What was his assigned punishment ?
in 2007	When did the sentencing occur?
January 2010	When was the article published about the case?
massive casualties	What did he think that the poor construction led to?
that China formally requested the support of the international community	What did UNICEF report?
condolences and assistance	What did foreign nations offer China because of the severity of the quake?
May 14	When did China formally ask for help from the international community?
UNICEF	What organization reported that China asked for help?
magnitude of the quake	Why did the world community notice the need for help?
$214,000 and $71,000	How much did Yao Ming donate?
$26 million	How much did the Red Cross collect in donations?
10.7 billion yuan	How much money had been donated by May 14?
the Chinese public	What group donated the 10.7 yuan?
Yao Ming	What famous basketball player made two large donations to the crisis?
26 million	How much has the Red Cross Society collected?
swift and very efficient	What did Francis Marcus say of the Chinese relief effort?
openness	What uncharacteristic attitude did China display?
secretive	What kind of attitude did Burma display in response to a cyclone a few days earlier?
10 days	How long before the quake did Cyclone Nargis strike Burma?
International Federation of the Red Cross	What organization did Francis Marcus represent?
live earthquake footage	What did stations replace programming with?
CCTV-1	What was the source of the live feeds?
programmes suspended	What about pay TV channels?
Myanmar	What government blocked aid after Cyclone Nargis?
school construction scandal	Over what scandal did the Chinese government lose in public opinion?
response to the quake	What was the Chinese government first praised for?
cutting corners	What did parents accuse builders of doing?
any reports	As of July 17, 2008 what did parents complain of not receiving?
poorly built schools	What kind of stories were being censored in the media?
state-controlled media	Who has ignored the school issue?
propaganda bureau	Who gave instructions to ignore the school issue?
The AP	What media source has reported this happening?
builders cut corners	Why are the buildings so shoddily built?

1.57 million

How much did actor Jackie Chan donate?

Promise

What was the name of Chan's music video?

This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards

What did a professor at the Peking University say about the handling of the earthquake?

foreign aid

What did Myanmar block after Cyclone Nargis?

up to international standards

What did a Peking professor say about Chinese media coverage?

Los Angeles Times

Who praised Chinese media coverage as being democratic?

1976 Tangshan earthquake

In which previous catastrophe not live up to international standards?

quake lakes

What formed behind blockages?

34

How many quake lakes formed?

28

How many of the lakes were a danger to people?

7.9

What was the magnitude of the Sichuan earthquake?

large landslides

What blocked many of the area's rivers?

quake lakes

What formed behind the blocked rivers?

34

By May 27, how many earthquake lakes had formed up behind landslide debris?

Entire villages

What had to be evacuated due to potential flooding?

Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan

Where was the most precarious quake lake located?

by foot or air

How could you only get to this quake lake?

tractors

What machinery was airlifted into the location?

200,000

How many people were evacuated downstream?

the dam bursting

What was the fear that caused 200,000 people to be evacuated from Mianyang?

Mount Tangjia

Where was the worst of the quake lakes located?

Beichuan County, Sichuan

Where is Mount Tangjia?

1,200

How many soldiers had to travel to the area by foot?

The State Council

Who declared the mourning period?

national mourning

What did the State Council declare a period of?

Mao Zedong

This was the biggest display of mourning since the death of who?

May 19, 2008

When did the Chinese hold a moment of silence?

Cars and trucks

What came to a halt during the moment of silence?

three-day period

How long was the national mourning for the quake victims to last?

Olympic torch relay

What was suspended for the duration of the mourning period?

Ningbo

Where was the relay scheduled to take place?

Beijing Olympic torch relay

What was suspended during the period of mourning?

in Ningbo

Where was the torch relay supposed to take place?

The route

What part of the relay did they change?

Ruijin, Jiangxi

Where was there a minute of silence during the relay?

black and white

What colors did many websites convert their home pages to?

all advertisements

What did internet portals remove from their home pages?

various gaming sites

Many of what shut down completely?

burst out cheering

What did the crowds in Tiananmen Square do after the moment of silence?

Casinos

What business closed in Macau?

Ye Zhiping

Who was the principal of Sangzao Middle School?

proactive action that spared the lives of all 2,323 pupils in attendance when the earthquake happened

What was the principal credited with?

2,323

How many students attended the school?

400,000 yuan

How much money was used to strengthen the construction of the school?

Ye Zhiping

What school principal strengthened his school?

Sangzao

Where is the Sangzao Middle School?

An County

The Sangzao school is one of the biggest in what county?

three-year period

How many years was Ye Zhiping involved in the school overhaul?

to gain first-hand material of construction quality

Why were the schools inspected?

safety checks

What was to be carried out at schools after the quake?

Chinese prosecutors

Who has joined an official inquiry into the school scandal?

professional crime

What investigation are the prosecutors pursuing?

schools across China

Where are the Chinese going to perform safety checks?

Reuters

What group reported that Chinese prosecutors were involved in investigating the schoolhouse collapses?

money

What was given in exchange of signing the document?

riot police

What other methods were used to break up protests?

government officials

Who did the New York Times report was investigating the school collapses?

limit protests

What are officials seeking to do about protesting parents?

money

What are officials offering parents in exchange of protests?

were threatened

What has happened to some who refuse to agree to not protest?

on school collapses

What did officials order Chinese news media to stop reporting?

Liu Shaokun

Who was a Sichuan school teacher?

that he was being investigated on suspicion of the crime of inciting subversion

What was Liu's family told?

Sichuan school teacher

What was Liu Shaokun's profession?

crime of inciting subversion

Why was he investigated?

put them online

What did Liu Shankun do with the pictures he took of collapsed schools?

in a media interview

Where did he call the schoolhouses shoddy?

one year of re-education

What was his assigned punishment ?

in 2007

When did the sentencing occur?

January 2010

When was the article published about the case?

massive casualties

What did he think that the poor construction led to?

that China formally requested the support of the international community

What did UNICEF report?

condolences and assistance

What did foreign nations offer China because of the severity of the quake?

May 14

When did China formally ask for help from the international community?

UNICEF

What organization reported that China asked for help?

magnitude of the quake

Why did the world community notice the need for help?

$214,000 and $71,000

How much did Yao Ming donate?

$26 million

How much did the Red Cross collect in donations?

10.7 billion yuan

How much money had been donated by May 14?

the Chinese public

What group donated the 10.7 yuan?

Yao Ming

What famous basketball player made two large donations to the crisis?

26 million

How much has the Red Cross Society collected?

swift and very efficient

What did Francis Marcus say of the Chinese relief effort?

openness

What uncharacteristic attitude did China display?

secretive

What kind of attitude did Burma display in response to a cyclone a few days earlier?

10 days

How long before the quake did Cyclone Nargis strike Burma?

International Federation of the Red Cross

What organization did Francis Marcus represent?

live earthquake footage

What did stations replace programming with?

CCTV-1

What was the source of the live feeds?

programmes suspended

What about pay TV channels?

Myanmar

What government blocked aid after Cyclone Nargis?

school construction scandal

Over what scandal did the Chinese government lose in public opinion?

response to the quake

What was the Chinese government first praised for?

cutting corners

What did parents accuse builders of doing?

any reports

As of July 17, 2008 what did parents complain of not receiving?

poorly built schools

What kind of stories were being censored in the media?

state-controlled media

Who has ignored the school issue?

propaganda bureau

Who gave instructions to ignore the school issue?

The AP

What media source has reported this happening?

builders cut corners

Why are the buildings so shoddily built?