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News of China Earthquake unfolds live on Twitter
Posted by RickMSearching twitterlocal.net for people tweeting out of Chengdu gives the following stream of tweets (RSS). There are a few people you may want to follow: In English, inwalkedbud, lyrrael, trusip, and chengdoo.
In Chinese, ycc, est, WizarKID, and foxwoods.
Elliot Ng over at CN Reviews recommends using Summarize to search for the terms 地震 or earthquake. Similarly, you can use twifan.com to search Chinese Twitter-like sites (fanfou.com, jiwai.de) for keywords like 成都/Chengdu or 地震/earthquake.
Hope that helps anyone looking for information.
Let's all hope that those in Chengdu and surrounding areas can push though this OK. From the news that's coming in so far, things do not look good. Thoughts are with everyone down there tonight.
Update: One of my Chinese friends just sent me a message: "People in Sichuan saw thousands of frogs crawling in the street, which is believed may mean something terrible." He's right. Elliot Ng points to the following picture on ifgogo:

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I just want to tell all the victims/survivors of the earthquake how much pain I feel to see the devastion that you are experiencing - My heart and thoughts are with you. Please demand that your government accept all of the assistance offered to you from many countries. I hope that you will become strong and come together to help each other too.... I wish I could do more to help. I have a beautiful 1 yr old grandaughter who is half asian and half hispanic. So, when I look into her little face with those beautiful asian eyes, I think of you and how we are all human and valuable. MAY YOU FIND YOUR STRENGTH. (from Fresno, California, usa)
May 15, 2008 05:19
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