Sunday, February 28, 2010

China boosts international rescue squad to match its growing world role (Guardian Unlimited)

People's Republic invests £10m to tackle earthquakes and natural disasters at home and abroad China is investing almost £10m this year to more than double the size of its international search and rescue squad. The move follows 2008's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, south-west China, which left an estimated 90,000 dead or missing. Huang Jianfa, a division director at the Chinese ...

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