Earthquake Relief Efforts on China’s Web

Regarding tsunami of late 2004, Richard MacManus of Read/Write Web has summarized three ways that people used the Web in response to the disaster:
1) as a constantly updated source of news about the disaster;
2) as a way for ordinary people to respond emotionally;
3) and probably most importantly, to organize aid efforts.
In this post, we try [...]

Donate for Earthquake in Sichuan China

Yesterday afternoon, a strong earthquake measured at 7.8 on the Richter scale happened in Sichuan province, China. It is so strong that many people in other provinces, including me in Beijing, over 1500 km away from epicenter, felt the earthquake.
Death toll in Sichuan Province alone has exceeded 12,000 by 4 pm Tuesday, more than [...]