by Sean Reilly | May 18, 2008
Christian communities in mainland China and Hong Kong have offered support and prayers to victims in Sichuan, who have suffered a devastating earthquake, China’s worst in 30 years, that has resulted in the deaths of over 12,000 people – writes Francis Wong...
by Sean Reilly | May 14, 2008
Chinese churches and Christian agencies, as well as the government and army, have begun responding to the recent earthquake. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, has devastated a region west of the provincial capital Chengdu. Latest figures coming out of...
by Sean Reilly | May 11, 2008
Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned – while Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Burma’s generals to ease restrictions on outside assistance. A likely death toll of...
by Sean Reilly | May 10, 2008
Burma’s military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week’s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise, say news agencies. The...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
Development agencies and United Nations officials are exasperated at the obstructiveness of the Burmese junta toward an international aid effort aimed at bringing desperately needed supplies to victims of the recent cyclone. This evening, the BBC reported that the...
