Around 2:30 yesterday, in my 19th floor Shanghai office, a wave of nausea overtook me. I felt dizzy and my stomach looped. Later I found out it was the Sichuan 7.8 earthquake. Growing up in Nebraska, I became accustomed to hiding in the basement several times each spring when tornados struck, but this was something quite new.
My heart goes out to the people in Sichuan. I think the world, though its aid, will prove to China they’re not all against the middle kingdom, despite the common sentiment here of late.
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