China floods
Last reviewed: 03-10-2008
CONFRONTING THE ELEMENTS
U.N. website ReliefWeb has the latest press releases and updates on the quake region. The BBC country profile for China is a quick, useful guide on basic facts and history. The website of the China Daily, a state-run English-language daily, features the latest news and developments in the country and the world. Hong Kong-based South China Morning Postis an English-language regional newspaper that is a good resource to look for news coverage of floods. China Analysis a blog that compiles news from state-run Xinhua and Western media. Reuters.com has a China page, with archives of stories and photos of the floods. Guangdong water resources office has some interesting facts and figures in both English and Chinese, although the latter version is more comprehensive.
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