0642628 The Year Of 2008 In China

The Year Of 2 008 In China Earth quake and Beijing Olympic *1 *2

Sichuan Earth Quake

In May 12 th 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earth quake occurred in the province of Sichuan

69,181 known death, 18,498 missing and 374,171 injured, 5 million without housing *3 *4

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2008 Beijing Olympic The games of the XXIX Olympiad was held in Beijing, and cost 300 billion China Yuan (44 billion US) This is the most expensive Olympic game in History, and the Chinese government had 7 years to prepare. *6 *7

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New competition venues

The Year of 2008 in China

The year of 2008 for ch ina is a very expensi ve year for china, the earth quake and the Olympic cost Chinese government approximately 64 billion dollars. How is china going to recover the cost? China has the most population in the world which is 1.3 billion, 0.9 billion of them are farmers. They live in a relatively low life standard. It will take a long time for china to recover.

A Little Extra *9

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