But what about China?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacifi c/7224871.stm

Apparently the mainstream news has completely failed to talk about any of the 1.4 million Chinese troops that have been deployed to help keep China stable during a freak snowstorm that has locked hundreds of thousands of people out of electricity, a ride home on the train, or basic necessities and goods.

Right now there are hundreds of thousands of people sitting at train stations on the streets, waiting to get on trains. Every time a train comes to the station, its a stampede to get on causing numerous injuries and even death. People have been waiting on the streets upwards of 3-4 days to get on.

100 million people are affected by the winter storms. But where is the news on all of this?

Apparently the he-said/she-said of the political race has been drowning out this humanitarian crisis. But afterall, everyone is more interested in Super Tuesday around here in the United States. I respect the elections, but something that effects 100 million people and has caused 200,000 people to become sick should cut a bit into the air time of candidates.

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homor 2008-02-04 02:04:56

actually i heard about it a little bit on fox news.

greamer22 2008-02-04 02:27:44

i havnt heard of this on da new either

Rig 2008-02-04 02:38:13

I haven't heard about it at ALL.

Nick2410 2008-02-04 12:29:22

Haha, you should live in England, the BBC News Team hope for this sort of major piece of news that they can go on about for as long as they like. It's better than talking about how Ken Livingston is charging more and more tax for 4X4/Off-Roaders, which is good, but the BBC keeps on bringing this up. And how some nandy-pandy rich-beyond-your-wildest-dreams artist has shown his latest piece of Art,... A piece of cumpled up piece of paper.

Plus, i'm really suprised that the majority of Americans haven't heard about this. Seeing as China is becoming a major political and powerful figure in the world today, I don't see why China shouldn't be in the news.

How did you find out about this?

I saw some footage of this and it is BIG. I saw when it was raining, and all you could see was a massive canopy of umbrellas rather like the ones you see in rainforests.

jmtb02 2008-02-04 12:29:22

I actually was told third-person by some friends, and then went onto the BBC website to find out that yeah... China was having some issues. Glad to hear there is more coverage outside the US.

Archkronos 2008-02-07 13:19:32

Your silly political race has been a large blot on my British news.

Luxury-Yacht 2008-02-07 17:43:44

Actually, it made front page on the New York Times, I believe. Least, on their website, it did.

NitroX72 2008-02-08 07:36:24

It's been on the news everyday for the past few days...
I can imagine how desperate they are, Chinese New Year is awesome every year =D

exotworking 2008-02-08 16:56:48

Here in germany it was frontpaged in many newspapers etc. But of course it still gets overlooked, such as once genocide in africa etc.

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hypermatrix000 2008-02-09 07:45:30

I'M CHINESE. I had an unforgetable experience on the journey to HK from Beijing. The train was late for *47 HRS* and we spent entire 72 HRS on the train with almost complete snowy views, poor food and no bath... Ahh!...
Stampede? I've seen none of that. But yes some quarrels and fights on the train.

Kidlazarus 2008-02-09 13:28:19

I'm glad to see someone else besides the local Chinese radio station covering this. Especially someone from Irvine.

Kangman 2008-02-10 17:24:27

Wow i never heard of this, i cant believe something like this went unnoticed since china is such a giant country