Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake

Thu May 22, 2008 5:17 PM EDT

A summary of the questions posed by the Newsvine community, and the corresponding answers provided by Adrienne Mong, NBC News' Beijing Producer. Thanks for the opportunity, Adrienne.

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Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- Thanks again everyone for all your interest. Good night from Chengdu!
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- Mickie, I'm glad you asked this question.
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- We have not experienced any censorship covering the quake, but Tibet was an entirely different matter. Not only were we denied access as journalists to any of the Tibetan communities, the reporting we were able to do was blocked on our website, www.msnbc.com, for the first few days.
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- It's pretty bad; you can't exaggerate the kind of devastation and loss we have seen here. And there's always this lingering fear there may be many more people suffering in the more remote areas.
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- Since I can't find the website I mentioned, here is another option. The BBC World News site has a good local map with the affected towns higlighted: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7400614.stm
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- I have been trying to find this website I came across yesterday that is tracking quake statistics for Sichuan and the surrounding provinces which were affected but am not having much luck, sorry! It had lots of maps.
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- Hi Jackie -- please see my response to Marilyn L above, regarding the building standards, and my response to CSun regarding donations. Thanks for your interest
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- It's smart of you to be wary of embezzlement/corruption; many people here are very concerned about relief funds being misdirected. Many Chinese-language websites have suggested the Red Cross of China. But please also see my response to CSun above.
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- There were reports yesterday that some of the families which lost children in a school in Juyuan, just outside of Chengdu, were collecting signatures for a petition demanding local officials responsible for the construction of schools to be punished.
Newsvine Q&A: Adrienne Mong on China's earthquake
Thu May 22, 2008
- There are many more than you would expect, considering that Chengdu is home to many Americans working or studying in China. And there are some small NGO-type organizations run by Americans or involving American volunteers who have been active in the recovery efforts.

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