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May 13, 2008

Compare this with the response to the 1976 Earthquake

II just found this link to BBC news of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.

Link: BBC ON THIS DAY | 28 July 1976: Chinese earthquake kills hundreds of thousands.

32 years. How much has changed. It was 28th July 1976. Mao Zedong was still alive (he died a few weeks later on September 9th). The most striking thing for me is the quote from the Red Flag Journal:

Any grave natural disaster can be overcome with the guidance of Chairman Mao.

We can all to easily forget how much has changed.

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