The earthquake last May in China was tragic causing a high death toll. The thing most discussed was the collapse of numerous schools, killing large numbers of children. The death of so many students caused questions to fly about the construction. Questioning the quality of the school buildings also initiated the question of how many children dead? When Wei Hong, a vice Governor of the province hit the hardest, was asked this question he claimed like many other officials asked, that there was no official tally yet. This would be thought to be an honest answer if it was only a few months after the fact but 10 months later, all communities know their final death toll. As well as the questionable claims parents of children who were killed are being bribed and threatened not to speak with anyone about the topic of school construction. The building process and the remaining structure of the schools is being investigated. The schools were either poorly built or just fell with all of the other surrounding them. Either way the earthquake was a tragedy and i hope the coming buildings will have enough strength for the natural disasters to come.
Link to Article: nytimes.com
Bradsher, Keith. "Chinese Official Blames Quake, Not Construction, for Schools’ Collapse". March 8 2009. March 8 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/world/asia/09sichuan.html?ref=world
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