I was greatly shocked by the Sichuan earthquake, especially by the news on children (see the link below). I phoned to my colleague the day before yesterday, and let them donate some money to Sichuan on behalf of me. Our institute had a quick response: http://www.iap.ac.cn/ I have been in Mao-Xian and also near Wen-chuan two years ago, people living there are indeed very nice, most of them are ethnic Chinese (Qiang-Zu). The God is unfair to the people with goodness !!!!
One of my friend is working in Ya-an. He told me that the government has made great relief efforts, himeself is also busy with relief activities. However, they may face great difficulties in the forthcoming years, especially for those children who lost their parents. I have lots of friends in Sichuan and have been there many times, so have special feelings. In addition to the donation, I think I should do more.