Ahorribleearthquakehappenedinjapan.Theenormouswaveoftenmeterheightwashedawayallthecoastareanorthwestofthecountry.Butwhat’smoreisnuclearpowerstationexplosion.ThoughalotofcountriesincludingChinahavesentmanyrescuestohelptheJapanese,buttheJapanesearestillinmisery,forthere’smanypeoplekilledintheearthquake.AstrongearthquakeattackedJapanat1:46pm.IwasshockedwhenIheardaboutthebadnews.Whythereweresomanydisastersintheworld?Ilookedupsomefilesaboutthetopfourteenworstearthquakesinthepastonehundredyearsfrominternet.Andsomeearthquakesevencamewithtsunamis.Itwassaidthat300thousandsofpeoplediedin2004asaresultoftheearthquakeandtsunamihappenedinIndonesia.And242thousandsofcitizensdiedinTangshanEarthquakein1976inChina.Alsoin2008,anotherbigearthquakehappenedinChina,andmorethan7thousandspassedaway.Howawfulitiswhenwetalkaboutthesefigures.Everyoneshouldcherishwhatwehavenow.IfeltscarywhenIwatched2012.Butthedisastershappenedaremorefearful.DalianisnotfarawayfromJapan,mycolleaguetoldmethatshewouldbetoopanictogotobedtonight.Itisfunny.Ididnotworryaboutthat.Noonecanexpectwhatwillhappeninthenextminute.Justenjoyeveryminuteinourlife.Itisenough~strongearthquakeattackedJapanat1:46pm.IwasshockedwhenIheardaboutthebadnews.Whythereweresomanydisastersintheworld?Ilookedupsomefilesaboutthetopfourteenworstearthquakesinthepastonehundredyearsfrominternet.Andsomeearthquakesevencamewithtsunamis.Itwassaidthat300thousandsofpeoplediedin2004asaresultoftheearthquakeandtsunamihappenedinIndonesia.And242thousandsofcitizensdiedinTangshanEarthquakein1976inChina.Alsoin2008,anotherbigearthquakehappenedinChina,andmorethan7thousandspassedaway.Howawfulitiswhenwetalkaboutthesefigures.Everyoneshouldcherishwhatwehavenow.IfeltscarywhenIwatched2012.Butthedisastershappenedaremorefearful.DalianisnotfarawayfromJapan,mycolleaguetoldmethatshewouldbetoopanictogotobedtonight.Itisfunny.Ididnotworryaboutthat.Noonecanexpectwhatwillhappeninthenextminute.Justenjoyeveryminuteinourlife.DeepWoundsoftheSichuanQuake四川地震的深度创伤DeepWoundsoftheSichuanQuakeOneoftherecurringthemesfromlastyear’searthquakeinSichuanisofficialcorruptionandtheextentitcontributedtothecollapseofsubstandardschools,killingastillunknownnumberofchildren.Another,lessdiscussedissue,isthedegreetowhichmanylocalofficialsinthedisasterzonewerevictimsthemselves.自去年四川地震以来，一个反复出现的主题是关于政*官员的腐败，以及因之产生的未达标学校的倒塌，导致仍不知确切数字的孩子们的死亡。而很少论及的另一个问题，是灾区地方官员自己成为受害者的程度。InBeichuan,whereasmanyas15,000residentswerekilled,aquarterofthelocalofficialsalsoperishedinthequake.Manyofthesurvivorslostfamilymembers.WhenmycolleagueLinYangandphotographerIanTehwentbacktoSichuanlastfall,wemetwithaBeichuanofficialwhosewifeanddaughterwerebothkilledonMay12.ZhangKangqikeepsadrawingofthem,sketchedfromoldIDphotos,byhisbed.AllothermementosofthemwereburiedinBeichuan.(YoucanseeIan’sphotosoftherecoveryefforts,includingaportraitofZhang,inthisgallery.)在北川，多达15，000名居民死亡，四分之一的地方官员也在地震中死去。许多幸存者失去了家人。去年秋天，我和同事杨林和摄像郑永仁回到四川时，遇到一位北川官员，他的妻子和女儿都在5.12地震中死亡。张康齐保存着从旧身份证的照片上临摹下来的一张她们的画像，放在床头。她们的其它所有遗物都被埋在北川下面了。（在这个画廊中，你可以看到郑永仁画的在关恢复工作的照片，其中包括一幅张的肖像。）Zhangimmersedhimselfinrecov...
