Latest comments posted about After catastophe, asking the right questions on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2137-After-catastophe-asking-the-right-questions http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2137-After-catastophe-asking-the-right-questions The progress of investigation is currently at a slow pace. Until now, no one has been held responsible for inferior construction work. With new construction work, lots of evidence will be buried.(Comment translated by Siew Ling) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:35:58 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7599 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7599 You have to move on eventually and learn from experience, i agree with that. However, you can only start to forgive when you know what has happened and why.I do feel i have to add that some of these middle schools were not in areas of poverty and were in places where better standards of construction would be expected. I think a source of comfort for those that are affected is to understand how it happened and as comment 2 says that changes are made. Can anyone outline what is being done to find out what happened and why? Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:02:48 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7574 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7574 The fact that so many people died and the buildings fell bizarrely from the earthquake indicate this is not only a natural disaster but an anthropogenic one as well. But it seems that necessary measures to seek individuals and institutions that were responsible (for the faults) have not been taken. Does this mean we have to experience the same pain if disasters of a similar type happen again? LXie Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:45:02 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7572 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7572 In fact when the earthquake came it knocked down a lot of school buildings. Whilst being incensed we should at the same time do our best to understand and forgive. After all some places public finances just do not have the money to build Richter scale 8 proof school buildings. Our Middle schools implement compulsory education and the ability of some schools just to maintain teaching and enable children to have books to study is already an achievement. However, we must still learn from the lessons of the middle schools and enable other areas to draw a lesson. This kind of incident must not happen again. We should make schools become safe places so that when earthquakes threaten they can become the people’s refuge centres. Translated by Mike Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:48:20 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7570 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7570 Sichuan media claimed that the quality of collapsed buildings could not be evaluated, as the collopse was caused by seismic waves. This is totally untrue. I have seen those steel bars in the ruins. Many of them are substandard. (Comment translated by Zhou Chen) Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:43:46 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7556 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2137#comment-7556