Monday, May 12th 2008 24 Comments

China Earthquake photos and blogosphere/twittersphere reporting

A groundswell of information is being shared and produced about the devastating Sichuan earthquake yesterday that hit south-west China near Chengdu, Sichuan. Coverage all over the place but check IfGogo.com, Shanghaiist, Danwei, GlobalVoices. If you are on Twitter, you can follow the people that account ChinaList follows and that’s a start at tapping into some of the people in China. Or you can use Summize to search Twitter for the term: 地震 or earthquake. People’s Daily coverage here and reports Premier Wen heading out to the affected region. CNN reports 3,000 dead, 900 buried in quake, according to Xinhua.

Other CNReviews coverage: China earthquake donation guide

Photo on Sina (h/t fuzheado)

IfGoGo also provided many photos on the Sichuan earthquake.

IfGoGo.com provided many images about the 7.8 Sichuan earthquake. Above image of “people in Sichuan (maybe) from Hainei.com. (more…)