NEWS ON CHINA:Kunming Bus Blasts. Starting Over After the Quake. The Slow Awakening of China’s Suburbia
Three buses exploded this morning in Kunming City, Yunnan Province’s capital , killing three people and injuring 14 others. According to a spokesman from the Yunnan Public Security Bureau, the bus explosions were “cases of man-made, deliberate sabotage.” More on the incident from Reuters.
Washington Post Reporter Jill Drew writes about a family that survived the 5.12 earthquake in Beichuan County and the difficulties that they and the millions of farming families face in starting over.
From FinancialTimes.com comes an interesting look on China’s suburban citizens, the sleeping dragon that is slowly awakening.