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Survivors pulled from the rubble of the China earthquake have begun describing their dreadful ordeal and the other voices are also emerging on the internet. Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends, hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them. Others trapped in the quake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones.

Once the images would be censored in the information holdback, but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold. Many bypassing government sources have turn into the internet communities, answers and for action.

One says, Mum are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch with you by phone. It's May 13, your phone seems to work, but no one answers. I don't know whether you're ok. I'm really concerned about you.

Another posts images of his relative's car in an effort to track him down. Later adding his thanks, saying he's be in contact.

A soldier waiting orders to join the rescue effort in Wenchuan, says his pregnant wife has told him she's starving, without food or water, in Diangyou. "Why doesn't the television report the situation in Diangyou? I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people from my hometown. But there's nobody to save my wife. Please, everyone. Her name is Wang Zhou. She's a teacher. Please help, everyone."

Another / of group of minors, safe, but again without food in Qingpen. They could die if they have to wait too long. Please help to spread this message to let everybody know because this message could save the lives of a thousand people.

And there are messages directly from the disaster zone. One man trapped near Wenchuan list all the landmarks he's passed in a text message to a friend to help rescuers find him. These places haven't got any signs. But there are so many people waiting to be rescued. Please forward this message for me so people can send a rescue team to us. Please, quick!

So many messages from the internet. We're joined now by Doctor Yilu from Nottingham University's China Policy Institute. Yilu, what is without president despite the horrible is this that we are seeing more of something happening in China that we've ever seen in history? Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government's response. People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel that this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of the disaster.

Yeah, there was some sort of new act that came in that I think May 1, demanding more transparency, perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. Has that played a part? I think that has definitely played a part. These new regulation which became effective only May 1, basic it's about government transparency and government has the obligation to disclose the information. So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation. In fact in commentaries in Chinese media, many people are all sub-linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying it seems to be doing well so far.

To what extent are the questions beginning to come for around China about how well the cities were built? I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online this earlier. And I saw people have already raised these issues for example, we know that some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath. So I saw an article, it's questioning whether the government buildings, maybe they're of higher quality. So if that's a case that tell you something. Well that itself was quite extraordinary, isn't it?  That's sort of criticism should already be surfacing? Yes, although I think at the moment the mainstream voice are still supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general. You also hear some of these voices questioning in a whether, for example before and whether they could have done by / forecasting the scared disaster and also I just said raising this issue of building quality. So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard. Doctor Lu, thank you very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

Survivors pulled from the rubble of the China earthquake have begun describing their dreadful ordeal and the other voices are also emerging on the internet. Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends, hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them. Others trapped in the quake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones.

Once the images would be censored in the information holdback, but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold. Many bypassing government sources are turning to the internet communities for answers and for action.

One says, Mum, are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch with you by phone. It's May 13, your phone seems to work, but no one answers. I don't know whether you're ok. I'm really concerned about you.

Another posts an image/ of his relative's car in an effort to track him down. Later adding his thanks, saying he's been in contact.

A soldier awaiting orders to join the rescue effort in Wenchuan, says his pregnant wife has told him she's starving, without food or water, in Jiangyou. "Why doesn't the television report the situation in Jiangyou? I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people from my hometown. But there's nobody to save my wife. Please, everyone. Her name is Wang Zhou. She's a teacher. Please help, everyone."

Another has heard of group of minors, safe, but again without food in Qingpin. They could die if they have to wait too long. Please help to spread this message to let everybody know because this message could save the lives of a thousand people.

And there are messages direct/ from the disaster zone. One man trapped near Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he's passed in a text message to a friend to help rescuers find him. These places haven't got any signs. But there are so many people waiting to be rescued. Please forward this message for me so people can send a rescue team to us. Please, quick!

So many messages from the internet. We're joined now by Doctor Yiyi,lu from Nottingham University's China Policy Institute. Yiyi,lu, what is without precedent, despite the horribleness,  is / that we are seeing more of something happening in China that we've ever seen in history? Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government's response. People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel that this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of the disaster.

Yeah, there was some sort of new act that came in that I think May 1, demanding more transparency, perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. Has that played a part? I think that has definitely played a part. These new regulation which became effective on/ May 1, basically it's about government transparency and government has the obligation to disclose the information. So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation. In fact in commentaries in Chinese media, many people are all sort of linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying they seem/ to be doing well so far.

To what extent are their questions beginning to come for around China about how well the cities were built? I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online just earlier. And I saw people have already raised these issues, for example, we know that some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath. So I saw an article, sort of questioning whether the government buildings, maybe they're of higher quality. So if that's a case, then that tell you something. Well that in itself is quite extraordinary, isn't it?  That's sort of criticism should already be surfacing? Yes, although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still sort of supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general. You also hear some of these voices questioning, er, you know, whether, for example before hand whether they could have done better in terms of forecasting this disaster and also as I said raising this issue of building quality. So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard. Doctor Lu, thank you very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

Survivors pulled from the rubble of the China earthquake have begun describing their dreadful ordeal and the other voices are also emerging on the internet. Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends, hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them. Others trapped in the quake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones. Once the images would be censored in the information holdback, but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold. Many bypassing government sources are turning to the internet communities for answers and for action. One says, Mum, are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch with you by phone. It's May 13, your phone seems to work, but no one answers. I don't know whether you're ok. I'm really concerned about you. Another posts an image/ of his relative's car in an effort to track him down. Later adding his thanks, saying he's been in contact. A soldier awaiting orders to join the rescue effort in Wenchuan, says his pregnant wife has told him she's starving, without food or water, in Jiangyou. "Why doesn't the television report the situation in Jiangyou? I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people from my hometown. But there's nobody to save my wife. Please, everyone. Her name is Wang Zhou. She's a teacher. Please help, everyone." Another has heard of group of minors, safe, but again without food in Qingpin. They could die if they have to wait too long. Please help to spread this message to let everybody know because this message could save the lives of a thousand people. And there are messages direct/ from the disaster zone. One man trapped near Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he's passed in a text message to a friend to help rescuers find him. These places haven't got any signs. But there are so many people waiting to be rescued. Please forward this message for me so people can send a rescue team to us. Please, quick! So many messages from the internet. We're joined now by Doctor Yiyi,lu from Nottingham University's China Policy Institute. Yiyi,lu, what is without precedent, despite the horribleness, is / that we are seeing more of something happening in China that we've ever seen in history? Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government's response. People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel that this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of the disaster. Yeah, there was some sort of new act that came in that I think May 1, demanding more transparency, perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. Has that played a part? I think that has definitely played a part. These new regulation which became effective on/ May 1, basically it's about government transparency and government has the obligation to disclose the information. So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation. In fact in commentaries in Chinese media, many people are all sort of linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying they seem/ to be doing well so far. To what extent are their questions beginning to come for around China about how well the cities were built? I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online just earlier. And I saw people have already raised these issues, for example, we know that some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath. So I saw an article, sort of questioning whether the government buildings, maybe they're of higher quality. So if that's a case, then that tell you something. Well that in itself is quite extraordinary, isn't it? That's sort of criticism should already be surfacing? Yes, although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still sort of supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general. You also hear some of these voices questioning, er, you know, whether, for example before hand whether they could have done better in terms of forecasting this disaster and also as I said raising this issue of building quality. So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard. Doctor Lu, thank you very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

Survivors pulled from the rubble of the China earthquake have begun describing their dreadful ordeal and the other voices are also emerging on the internet. Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends, hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them. Others trapped in the earthquake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones.

Once the images would be censored in the information holdback, but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold. Many bypassing government sources are turning to the internet communities for answers and for action.

One says, Mum, are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch with you by phone. It's May 13, your phone seems to work, but no one answers. I don't know whether you're ok. I'm really concerned about you.

Another posts an image of his relative's car in an effort to track him down. Later adding his thanks, saying he's been in contact.

A soldier awaiting orders to join the rescue effort in Wenchuan, says his pregnant wife has told him she's starving, without food or water, in Jiangyou. "Why doesn't the television report the situation in Jiangyou? I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people from my hometown. But there's nobody to save my wife. Please, everyone. Her name is Wang Zhou. She's a teacher. Please help, everyone."

Another has heard of a group of minors, safe, but again without food in Qingpin. They could die if they have to wait too long. Please help to spread this message to let everybody know because this message could save the lives of a thousand people.

And there are messages direct/ from the disaster zone. One man trapped near Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he's passed in a text message to a friend to help rescuers find him. These places haven't got any signs. But there are so many people waiting to be rescued. Please forward this message for me so people can send a rescue team to us. Please, quick!

So are the messages from the internet. We're joined now by Doctor Yiyi,lu from Nottingham University's China Policy Institute. Yiyi,lu, what is without precedent, despite the horribleness, is that we are seeing more of something happening in China that we've ever seen in history? Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government's response. People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel that this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of the disaster.

Yeah, there was some sort of new act that came in that I think May 1, demanding more transparency, perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. Has that played a part? I think that has definitely played a part. This new regulation which became effective on May 1, basically it's about government transparency and government has the obligation to disclose the information. So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation. In fact in commentaries in Chinese media, many people are all sort of linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying they seem to be doing well so far.

To what extent are their questions beginning to come for around China about how well the cities were built? I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online just earlier. And I saw people have already raised these issues, for example, we know that some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath. So I saw an article sort of questioning whether the government buildings, maybe they're of higher quality. So if that's a case, then that tell you something. Well that in itself is quite extraordinary, isn't it?  That's sort of criticism should already be surfacing? Yes, although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still sort of supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general. You also hear some of these voices questioning, er, you know, whether, for example beforehand whether they could have done better in terms of forecasting this disaster and also as I said raising this issue of building quality. So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard. Doctor Lu, thank you very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

As survivors pulled from the rubble of China's earthquake have begun describing that dreadful deal and other voices also emerging on internet.Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them.Others trapped in the quake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones. Once the images would be censored in the information heldback ,but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold.Many bypassing government sources have turned into the internet communities answers and for action.
One says : Mom, r u ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch witu u by phone.It's May 13th.Ur phone seems to work but no answers.I don't know whether u r ok.I am really concerned about u.
Another posts images of his relative's car in an effort to track him down.Later adding his thanks saying he's been in contact.
A soldier awaiting orders to drawing rescue effort in Wenchuan says his pregnant wife has told him she 's starving without food and water in Jiangyou.
"Why does the television report the situation in Jiangyou?I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people of my hometown. But there;s nobody to save my wife.Pls everyone,her name is Wz,she;s a teacher ,pls help ,everyone!"
Another hers of group of minors,safe.but again without food in Qingpen.They could die if they have to wait too long. Pls help to spread this message to let everybody know this message could have save the lives of thousand people.
And there r messages direct from the disaster zone.One man trapped in Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he has passed in a text message to a friend help rescuers to find him.These places haven't got any signs.But so many people are waiting to be rescued.Pls forward this msg for me so people can send a rescue team to us,Pls!Quick!
So many msgs from the internet.
We r joining now by Dr. Yilu Nottingham University;s China Policy Institute. Yilu ,what's president despite the horrible is this that we r seeing more of sth happening in China that we have ever seen in history?
"Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government;s response.People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of disaster."
"Yeah, there was some of new act that came in that May 1st demanding more transparent,perhaps to coincide with the Olympics.Has that played a part?"
"I think that has definitely played a part.These new regulation on which became effective on May 1. Basically about government transparency and government obligation to disclose the information.So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation.In fact in commentaries in Chinese media,many people r all sub-linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying it seems to be doing well so far."
"To what extent are the questions beginning to come for aroud China about how well the cities were built? "
"I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online this earlier.And I saw people have already raised these issues ,e.g.we know some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath.So I saw an article ,it's questioning whether the government's buildings maybe they r higher quality.So if that;s a case that tell u sth?"
"Yes ,that itself was quite sort of criticism shoud already be surfacing?"
"Yes,although I think at the moment the mainstream voice still supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general u also hear some of these voices questioning in a whether ,e.g. before they could have done forcasting the disaster and also I just said raising this issue of building quality.So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard."
Dr. Yilu ,thank u very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

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Survivors pulled from the rubble of the China earthquake have begun describing their dreadful ordeal and the other voices are also emerging on the internet. Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends, hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them. Others trapped in the earthquake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones.

Once the images would be censored in the information holdback, but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold. Many bypassing government sources are turning to the internet communities for answers and for action.

One says, Mum, are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch with you by phone. It's May 13, your phone seems to work, but no one answers. I don't know whether you're ok. I'm really concerned about you.

Another posts an image of his relative's car in an effort to track him down. Later adding his thanks, saying he's been in contact.

A soldier awaiting orders to join the rescue effort in Wenchuan, says his pregnant wife has told him she's starving, without food or water, in Jiangyou. "Why doesn't the television report the situation in Jiangyou? I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people from my hometown. But there's nobody to save my wife. Please, everyone. Her name is Wang Zhou. She's a teacher. Please help, everyone."

Another has heard of a group of minors, safe, but again without food in Qingpin. They could die if they have to wait too long. Please help to spread this message to let everybody know because this message could save the lives of a thousand people.

And there are messages direct/ from the disaster zone. One man trapped near Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he's passed in a text message to a friend to help rescuers find him. These places haven't got any signs. But there are so many people waiting to be rescued. Please forward this message for me so people can send a rescue team to us. Please, quick!

So are the messages from the internet. We're joined now by Doctor Yiyi,lu from Nottingham University's China Policy Institute. Yiyi,lu, what is without precedent, despite the horribleness, is that we are seeing more of something happening in China that we've ever seen in history? Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government's response. People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel that this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of the disaster.

Yeah, there was some sort of new act that came in that I think May 1, demanding more transparency, perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. Has that played a part? I think that has definitely played a part. This new regulation which became effective on May 1, basically it's about government transparency and government has the obligation to disclose the information. So people see this as really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation. In fact in commentaries in Chinese media, many people are all sort of linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying they seem to be doing well so far.

To what extent are their questions beginning to come for around China about how well the cities were built? I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading article online just earlier. And I saw people have already raised these issues, for example, we know that some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath. So I saw an article sort of questioning whether the government buildings, maybe they're of higher quality. So if that's a case, then that tell you something. Well that in itself is quite extraordinary, isn't it?  That's sort of criticism should already be surfacing? Yes, although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still sort of supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general. You also hear some of these voices questioning, er, you know, whether, for example beforehand whether they could have done better in terms of forecasting this disaster and also as I said raising this issue of building quality. So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard.

Survivors pulled from the rubble of China earthquake have begun describing that dreadful deal and other voices also emerging on internet.Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them.Others trapped in the quake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones. Once the images would be censored in the information heldback ,but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold.Many bypassing government sources have turned into the internet communities answers and for action.
One says : Mum, are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch witu u by phone.It's May 13th.Ur phone seems to work but no answers.I don't know whether u r ok.I am really concerned about u.
Another posts images of his relative's car in an effort to track him down.Later adding his thanks saying he's been in contact.
A soldier awaiting orders to drawing rescue effort in Wenchuan says his pregnant wife has told him she 's starving without food and water in Jiangyou.
"Why does the television report the situation in Jiangyou?I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people of my hometown. But there;s nobody to save my wife.Pls everyone,her name is Wz,she;s a teacher ,pls help ,everyone!"
Another has heard of a group of minors,safe.but again without food in Qingpen.They could die if they have to wait too long. Pls help to spread this message to let everybody know this message could have save the lives of thousand people.
And there r messages direct from the disaster zone.One man trapped in Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he has passed in a text message to a friend help rescuers to find him.These places haven't got any signs.But so many people are waiting to be rescued.Pls forward this msg for me so people can send a rescue team to us,Pls!Quick!
So many msgs from the internet.
We r joining now by Dr. Yilu Nottingham University;s China Policy Institute. Yilu ,what's president despite the horrible is  that we r seeing more of sth happening in China that we have ever seen in history?
"Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government;s response.People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of disaster."
"Yeah, there was some of new act that came in that May 1st demanding more transparent,perhaps to coincide with the Olympics.Has that played a part?"
"I think that has definitely played a part.These new regulation on which became effective on May 1. Basically about government transparency and government obligation to disclose the information.So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation.In fact in commentaries in Chinese media,many people r all sub-linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying it seems to be doing well so far."
"To what extent are the questions beginning to come for aroud China about how well the cities were built? "
"I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online this earlier.And I saw people have already raised these issues ,e.g.we know some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath.So I saw an article of questioning whether the government's buildings maybe they r higher quality.So if that's a case, then that tell u sth?"
"Well that in itself is quite extraordinary, isn't it? That sort of quite sort of criticism shoud already be surfacing?"
"Yes,although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general , u also hear some of these voices questioning in a whether ,er, you know, whether , for example beforehand whether they could have done better in terms of forcasting the disaster and also I just said raising this issue of building quality.So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard."
Dr. Lu ,thank u very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

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Survivors pulled from the rubble of China earthquake have begun describing that dreadful deal and other voices also emerging on internet.Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them.Others trapped in the quake zone are appealing for help via their mobile phones. Once the images would be censored in the information heldback ,but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold.

Many bypassing government sources have turned into the internet communities answers and for action. One says : Mum, are you ok? After the earthquake I have not been able to get in touch witu u by phone.It's May 13th.Ur phone seems to work but no answers.I don't know whether u r ok.I am really concerned about u. Another posts images of his relative's car in an effort to track him down.Later adding his thanks saying he's been in contact.


A soldier awaiting orders to drawing rescue effort in Wenchuan says his pregnant wife has told him she 's starving without food and water in Jiangyou. "Why does the television report the situation in Jiangyou?I'm willing to devote all of my energy to save the people of my hometown. But there;s nobody to save my wife.Pls everyone,her name is Wz,she;s a teacher ,pls help ,everyone!"


Another has heard of a group of minors,safe.but again without food in Qingpen.They could die if they have to wait too long. Pls help to spread this message to let everybody know this message could have save the lives of thousand people. And there r messages direct from the disaster zone.One man trapped in Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he has passed in a text message to a friend help rescuers to find him.These places haven't got any signs.


But so many people are waiting to be rescued.Pls forward this msg for me so people can send a rescue team to us,Pls!Quick! So many msgs from the internet. We r joining now by Dr. Yilu Nottingham University;s China Policy Institute. Yilu ,what's president despite the horrible is that we r seeing more of sth happening in China that we have ever seen in history? "Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the Chinese government;s response.

People feel that the government responded to this major disaster very swiftly and they mobilized a large resources and also people feel this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of disaster." "Yeah, there was some of new act that came in that May 1st demanding more transparent,perhaps to coincide with the Olympics.Has that played a part?" "I think that has definitely played a part.These new regulation on which became effective on May 1.


Basically about government transparency and government obligation to disclose the information.So people see this as a really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation.In fact in commentaries in Chinese media,many people r all sub-linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying it seems to be doing well so far." "To what extent are the questions beginning to come for aroud China about how well the cities were built? " "


I was watching sort of Chinese media coverage and reading articles online this earlier.And I saw people have already raised these issues ,e.g.we know some school buildings collapsed and many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath.So I saw an article of questioning whether the government's buildings maybe they r higher quality.So if that's a case, then that tell u sth?" "Well that in itself is quite extraordinary, isn't it? That sort of quite sort of criticism shoud already be surfacing?"

"Yes,although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general , u also hear some of these voices questioning in a whether ,er, you know, whether , for example beforehand whether they could have done better in terms of forcasting the disaster and also I just said raising this issue of building quality.So I think at the moment also the voices do get heard." Dr. Lu ,thank u very much indeed for joining us from Nottingham University.

As survivors pulled from the rubber of the China earthquake have begun describing their dreadful ordeal, and the other voices are also emerging on the internet. Many are searching desperately for relatives and friends, hoping someone else on the message boards has news of them. Others trapped in the earthquake zone are appealing for help via their mobilephone.
Once the images would have been censored as information held back, but today Chinese are watching this horrifying story unfold. Many by-passing government sources had turned into the internet communities for answers or for action.
One says: “Mon, are you ok? After the earthquake, I’ve not been able to get in touch with you by phone. It’s May 13th, your phone seems to work, but no one answers. I don’t know whether you’re ok. I am really concerned about you.”
Another posted an image of his relative’s car in an effort to track him down, later adding his thanks, saying he’s been in contact.
A soldier waiting orders to join the rescue effort in Wenchuan says his pregnant wife has told him she’s starving, without food or water in Jiangyou. “Why doesn’t the television report the situation in Jiangyou? I’m willing to devote all my energy to save the people from my hometown, but there’s nobody to save my wife. Please, everyone, her name is Wang Zhao. She’s a teacher. Please help, everyone.”
Another one has heard of a group of miners, safe but again without food in Qingpin. “They could die if they have to wait too long. Please help to spread this message to let everybody know, because this message could save the lives of a thousand people.”
And there’re messages direct from the disaster zone. One man trapped near Wenchuan lists all the landmarks he’s passed in a text message to a friend to help rescuers find him. “These places haven’t got any signs, but there’re so many people waiting to be rescued. Please forward this message for me so people can send a rescue team to us. Please, quick!”
So much for the messages from the internet. We are joined now by Doctor Yi Lu from Nottingham University’s China policy Institute.
“Yi Lu, what is without precedent, despite the horribleness, is that we’re seeing more of something happening in China than we’ve ever seen in the history?”
“Yes, I think so far Chinese people are generally happy with the government’s respond. People feel that Chinese government responded to this major disaster very swiftly, and they mobilized large resources, and also people feel that this time the media has been very open in reporting all aspects of the disaster.”
“Yes, there was some sort of new act that came in, I think May 1st, demanding more transparency perhaps to coincide with the Olympics. Has that played a part? ”
“I think that has definitely played a part. This new regulation which became effective on May 1st basically is about government transparency and government has the obligation to disclose information so people see this as really a test to see how well the government is going to implement this new regulation. In fact, in commentating Chinese media, many people are also linking this media coverage to the regulation and saying it seems to be doing well so far.”
“So what is that? Are there questions beginning to come forth around China, about how well the cities were built?”
“I was watching some of Chinese media coverage, and reading article down line this earlier, and I saw people have already raised these issues. For example, we know that some school buildings collapsed, and that many children who were in class at that time were trapped underneath. So I saw an article questioning whether the government buildings, maybe they’re of higher quality. So if there is the case, then does that tell you something?”
“Well, yeah, that in itself was quite extraordinary, isn’t it? Did that sort of criticism should already be surfacing?”
“Yeah, although I think at the moment the mainstream voice is still supporting the efforts to help the victims and also praising the government effort in general. You also hear some of these voices questioning in whether, for example, beforehand, whether they could have done better in terms of forecasting this disaster, and also raising issues of building quality. So I think at the moment all sorts of voices do get heard.”