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100th Day Anniversary of Wen-chuan Earthquake

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted August 19, 2008
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Today is the 100th day anniversary of China’s Wen-chuan Earthquake, which, according to Chinese customs, serves as an important day in memory of the victims. According to BoXun’s Chinese website (www.peacehall.com), the Bei-chuan County government removed the blockade and allowed people to temporarily come back to honor their memorial ritual.

The founder of the Gong-min-li-liang (Citizen Power) Movement, Dr. Yang Jianli, and its members called for a memorial day for the victims of the earth quack in order to salute those who showed their human dignity in the period of the destruction. The singing, dancing, and applauds of Beijing Olympics should not diminish our memory of those who suffered, especially the children who died mainly because school buildings were poorly built as a result of a corrupt local government. Those students were supposed to watch the Olympic Game today. Let us pray for them. Between the Beijing Olympics and the Wen-chuan Earthquake, which will have a longer lasting memory in history?

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Introduction to the Founder

Dr. Yang Jianli

Founder and President of Initiatives for China, Dr. Yang Jianli was born in Shandong Province in northern China. A graduate of Beijing Normal University, Dr. Yang holds a PhD. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Political Economy from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. In 1989, at the age of 26, his fellow graduate students at Berkeley selected him to go to Beijing in support of their counterparts in China who were demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square. He arrived in Tiananmen Square in time to witness the massacre of thousands of peaceful demonstrators by the guns and tanks of the Chinese government. This event fundamentally changed young Jianli's future. He narrowly escaped capture and returned to the United States where he committed himself to studying democracy. Read more...