China: 2008

2008 was supposed to be a good year for China while the Olympics coming to Beijing for the first time. Instead, the country was hit by disasters, natural and man-made, one after another:

• In late January, early February, half of the country was frozen after the worst winter snowstorm in 50 years, stranding millions travelers;
• In March, rioters took the streets in Lhsas, causing the entire city and surrounding areas to be shut down;
• In late April, early May, deadly virus broke out in central China, taking lives of 30 young children;
• In early May, two high-speed trains collided in east China, killing 72 passengers;

Then early this morning, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China. The worst quake in three decades has already killed nearly 10,000 people.

My heart is with my country!

*Photo from NY Times

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