http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/sichuan 2008-10-29T03:29:32Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49009-declining-tourism-in-quake-hit-sichuan-15-august-2008 2008-10-29T03:29:32Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/71OfrbivJI8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/71OfrbivJI8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49009-declining-tourism-in-quake-hit-sichuan-15-august-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59265" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The number of visitors has dropped drastically following May's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province.</p> <p>But it is not just the tourism industry that is reeling from the disaster. The quake aftermath is also affecting one of China's most recognisable symbols: the giant panda.</p> <p>Melissa Chan reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49009-declining-tourism-in-quake-hit-sichuan-15-august-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48687-joyless-olympics-for-sichuan-survivors-12-august-2008 2008-10-28T21:31:14Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Imu7dmYHcn8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Imu7dmYHcn8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48687-joyless-olympics-for-sichuan-survivors-12-august-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58659" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Three months since a powerful earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, leaving more than 70,000 people dead and millions more homeless, the Beijing Olympics has brought little joy to survivors, especially parents who lost children in the disaster.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48687-joyless-olympics-for-sichuan-survivors-12-august-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42593-re-5-12-08-7-8m-earthquake-in-sichuan-china 2008-10-26T09:30:33Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nNFTVNDwbnE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nNFTVNDwbnE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42593-re-5-12-08-7-8m-earthquake-in-sichuan-china"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48064" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42593-re-5-12-08-7-8m-earthquake-in-sichuan-china">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40859-picking-up-the-pieces-in-quake-hit-china-june-3-2008 2008-10-15T03:29:56Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bJ41ld18DY0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bJ41ld18DY0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40859-picking-up-the-pieces-in-quake-hit-china-june-3-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46077" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Survivors of China's deadly earthquake last month are slowly returning to what is left of their communities. Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports from the town of Yinhua, almost all of which was reduced to rubble.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40859-picking-up-the-pieces-in-quake-hit-china-june-3-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39954-soldier-s-account-of-china-s-quake-relief-effort-24-may-08 2008-10-17T13:34:02Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHUMkp43iAk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHUMkp43iAk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39954-soldier-s-account-of-china-s-quake-relief-effort-24-may-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45092" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Authorities now put the official death toll from the Sichuan earthquake in China at more than 60,000 and fear it could reach 80,000.</p> <p>Al Jazeera spoke with one of the first soldiers to arrive on the scene in Dujiangyan, near the quake's epicentre.</p> <p>Here's his account of the relief operation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39954-soldier-s-account-of-china-s-quake-relief-effort-24-may-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39748-global-pulse-05-22-08-china-earthquake-china-uncensored 2008-10-27T09:31:35Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IfIN2j2q-BY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IfIN2j2q-BY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39748-global-pulse-05-22-08-china-earthquake-china-uncensored"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44868" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>(Global Pulse: May 22, 2008) A 7.9 magnitude earthquake decimates central China. In a startling move, the government allows 24/7 coverage of the catastrophe. News media, used to strict control, is suddenly free to report the scope of the devastation. But that freedom is not all it seems. Will the taste of Western-style news coverage help reshape Chinese media?</p> <p>SOURCES: ABC News, NBC News, BBC, Al Jazeera English, CCTV, Asia Today</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39748-global-pulse-05-22-08-china-earthquake-china-uncensored">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39622-sichuan-quake-leaves-behind-shattered-lives-22-may-2008 2008-10-14T11:27:45Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/joxSnikAzHA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/joxSnikAzHA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39622-sichuan-quake-leaves-behind-shattered-lives-22-may-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44719" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Grieving survivors want answers as to why schools crumbled while other buildings were still standing. Tony Cheng reports from Sichuan province.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39622-sichuan-quake-leaves-behind-shattered-lives-22-may-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39207-millions-left-homeless-in-china-quake-19-may-2008 2008-10-23T21:30:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4DJFaUa0ZQw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4DJFaUa0ZQw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39207-millions-left-homeless-in-china-quake-19-may-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44263" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The earthquake in China has left millions of people homeless with many living in makeshift tents. Tony Cheng reports from one of the shelters in Sichuan province.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39207-millions-left-homeless-in-china-quake-19-may-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39104-villages-abandoned-after-earthquake-hit-17-may-2008 2008-10-22T15:29:26Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J5_27w7Ksn4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J5_27w7Ksn4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39104-villages-abandoned-after-earthquake-hit-17-may-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44143" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports on a devastated town on Qingcheng Mountain, that has been nearly abandoned following the earthquake. <br />Five days have passed since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked western China, and the scale of the disaster is still unfolding.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39104-villages-abandoned-after-earthquake-hit-17-may-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38887-chinese-village-faces-earthquake-aftermath-15-may-2008 2008-10-20T03:29:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UFyXcL-BfFE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UFyXcL-BfFE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38887-chinese-village-faces-earthquake-aftermath-15-may-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43892" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Over 80 million people live in the Sichuan region, and Al Jazeera's correspondent in China, Tony Chen, says it feels as if everyone is out on high alert, that the rhythms of normal, everyday life stopped. People are evacuating from danger zones and homes just about everywhere are gone. The presence of rescue workers, tens of thousands of soldiers, the wail of ambulances go on and on. Cheng takes the viewer on a ride, following emergency teams up into the mountains, where one of the most remote villages are reached.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38887-chinese-village-faces-earthquake-aftermath-15-may-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38788-aftershocks-cause-panic-in-china-14-may-08 2008-10-18T09:30:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fK2GnI6-aho&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fK2GnI6-aho&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38788-aftershocks-cause-panic-in-china-14-may-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43786" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>China says more than 18,000 people are buried under the earthquake rubble in just one town alone.</p> <p>Aftershocks are causing more panic.</p> <p>And heavy rain is hampering rescue efforts and delaying plans to parachute in soldiers, they need to fly in because roads have been torn up by the quake across Sichuan province.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan has this exclusive report from the disaster zone.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38788-aftershocks-cause-panic-in-china-14-may-08">Watch the video</a>