Last week in Nay Pyi Taw, H.E. U Zin Yaw, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Asia Foundation President 
Posts By Chen Liuting
Lessons from China’s Wenchuan Earthquake
May 11, 2011
As the world embraces and supports Japan as it slowly recovers
from the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, for many Chinese, memories of its own 2008 Wenchuan earthquake that left more than 80,000 people dead or missing and some 15 million homeless, are still raw.
Topics: Economic Development
Countries: China
From China: Women-Led Earthquake Recovery
May 13, 2009
On March 6, 2009, over 30 villagers in Mingyue Village at Anxian of Sichuan – near the epicenter of the devastating 2008 earthquake – gathered at the village committee’s meeting room. They were coming together, almost a year later to join their first participatory planning workshop to discuss how to re-start productive activities in this [...]
Topics: Economic Development | Women's Empowerment
Countries: China