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Yesterday, an aftershock measuring 6.4 hit the Sichuan province, the biggest since the quake 2 weeks ago. Articles can be found on most news channels.

I breifly mentioned a week ago that the mask of shoddy construction would be sought. In the past few days, stories of the the parents of childrens those schools fell are surfacing:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/22/braniganschool?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/a-construction-engineers-thoughts-in-the-sichuan-earthquake/

What seems clear is that there will be a long battle for the parents fighting for justice. A lot more parents and a lot of schools that were prone to be the unfortunate recipient of bad construction. All the justice in the heavens won't bring these children back.

On a international arena, it has also been noted that the recent openess of the CCP with i's people and the rest of the world has surprised all, even in the wake of the tragedy. The international community say that they hope that it is not a short term openess.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4004381.ece

- J