International Business News - CHN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster in 30 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48676-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/thousands-flee-china-quake-area-over-flood-fears.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/thousands-flee-china-quake-area-over-flood-fears.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 03:33:32 EDT Official Xinhua News Agency says a man has been found alive after being trapped for 139 hours in a collapsed hospital in Sichuan province. Xinhua said Sunday that the man, Tang Xiong, was rescued from the collapsed hospital in Beichuan in the northern part of the province. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/news-agency-says-survivor-found-after-139-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 23:35:37 EDT China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred Chinese who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. In less dramatic ways, the disaster is shifting perceptions between China and the world, deflating the contentiousness building around the games. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinas-quake-calms-olympic-controversies.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 17:20:05 EDT A new round of talks between the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials is expected to be held in mid-June, Tibet's prime minister in exile said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/tibetan-leader-in-exile-new-talks-soon-with-china.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 15:32:33 EDT As Huang Siyu ran down the stairs of her school after the powerful earthquake, the building collapsed and her teacher was killed. A chunk of falling debris crushed the fifth grader's left leg, and her schoolmates dragged her to safety. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48333-china-survivors.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/12-year-old-china-quake-survivor-loses-leg.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/12-year-old-china-quake-survivor-loses-leg.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 15:24:05 EDT The earthquake that tore through western China last week flattened entire towns and city neighborhoods, killing as many as 50,000. As a massive military operation concentrates on rescues and disposing of the dead, countless survivors face a hardscrabble existence among the debris. Here are some snapshots of the scene: http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48298-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/quake-survivors-in-hardscrabble-existence.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/quake-survivors-in-hardscrabble-existence.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 14:42:16 EDT It is a life-or-death question: If millions of people are at risk, is it acceptable to sit on the sidelines and watch an undemocratic and unprepared regime mismanage a crisis? http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48297-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/world-faces-limits-to-getting-aid-into-myanmar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/world-faces-limits-to-getting-aid-into-myanmar.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 14:15:55 EDT Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight _ and die _ with legendary valor for another man's country far away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/imperial-holdover-gurkhas-flock-to-british-army.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:10:40 EDT Huge swathes of farmland were destroyed by the earthquake in central China, but the losses should not cause food shortages or big price hikes nationally, a senior official said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/china-quake-wont-affect-food-prices.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 11:44:26 EDT Cathay Pacific Airways might cut routes to help cope with surging fuel prices, its chief executive said. Tony Tyler said in an internal company newsletter, seen Saturday by The Associated Press, that the airline must focus on its most profitable markets, maximize use of fuel-efficient aircraft and cut unspecified routes if necessary. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/cathay-pacific-airways-considers-cutting-routes.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 08:06:55 EDT State media say at least 14 people have died in a collision between a bus and a tractor in eastern China. The official Xinhua News Agency says an explosion occurred when the bus and tractor collided Saturday in Wenzhou city, killing 13 people immediately. Another person died later in a hospital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bus-crash-in-china-kills-14.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:10:37 EDT Huge swathes of farmland were destroyed by the earthquake in central China, but the losses should not cause food shortages or big price hikes nationally, a senior official said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48137-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/china-says-earthquake-wont-affect-food-prices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/china-says-earthquake-wont-affect-food-prices.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:41:35 EDT North Korea is offering China $100,000 to help earthquake survivors. The North's Korean Central News Agency said Saturday the country made the offer to China's government, which is scrambling to cope with the aftermath of Monday's magnitude 7.9 quake. It did not elaborate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48069-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/north-korea-offers-aid-for-quake-victims.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/north-korea-offers-aid-for-quake-victims.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in this week's massive earthquake has risen to almost 29,000. Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin gave the figure Saturday at a news conference. The government has already said it expects the eventual death toll to surpass 50,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48060-aptopix-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/govt-spokesman-death-toll-in-china-quake-almost-29k.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/govt-spokesman-death-toll-in-china-quake-almost-29k.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:45:37 EDT Thousands of earthquake victims are fleeing a Chinese village near the epicenter of the earthquake due to worries of potential flooding. Witnesses say there were conflicting reports on whether a dam had burst near Beichuan in the north of the Sichuan province or whether a lake had overflowed. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47952-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/thousands-flee-near-epicenter-on-flood-worries.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/thousands-flee-near-epicenter-on-flood-worries.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:52:19 EDT In a sign of warming relations, China has invited the head of Taiwan's incoming ruling party to visit the mainland, where he is to meet with President Hu Jintao. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48070-aptopix-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/report-china-invites-taiwan-party-head-to-visit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/report-china-invites-taiwan-party-head-to-visit.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:06:10 EDT China's nuclear safety agency had ordered staffers to be prepared for an environmental emergency the day after a massive earthquake jolted a region that includes several key atomic sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48018-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/us-monitoring-chinas-nuclear-sites-after-quake.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:31:33 EDT Chinese state news agency says that soldiers have dug out a 52-year-old man who was buried in ruins for 117 hours after a massive earthquake hit China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinese-news-agency-says-man-saved-after-117-hours.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:12:49 EDT The popular hero of China's earthquake rescue effort isn't a strapping firefighter or a seasoned cop _ it's the country's bespectacled premier who's been clambering over piles of rubble to rally victims in the hardest-hit areas. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47951-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinas-premier-is-hero-of-quake-rescue-effort.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/chinas-premier-is-hero-of-quake-rescue-effort.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 03:47:54 EDT France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47904-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/france-criticizes-myanmar-for-barring-aid-ship.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/france-criticizes-myanmar-for-barring-aid-ship.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 02:38:54 EDT