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Passage: The earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions. Using data from the Intermagnet Lanzhou geomagnetic observatory, geologists Lazo Pekevski from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Macedonia and Strachimir Mavrodiev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences attempted to establish a "time prediction method" through collecting statistics on geomagnetism with tidal gravitational potential. Using this method, they were said to have predicted the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with an accuracy of ±1 day. The same study, however, acknowledges the limitation of earthquake prediction models, and does not mention that the location of the quake could be accurately predicted.

Question: What did the earthquake allow?

Question: What did the professors predict?

Question: What did they try to establish?

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Passage: In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. Seismologist Gary Gibson of Monash University in Australia told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he also did not see anything that could be regarded as having 'predicted' the earthquake's occurrence.

Question: What was stated in the press conference?

Question: What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction?

Question: What kind of issue is earthquake prediction?

Question: What was received before the quake occurred?

Question: What did seismologist Gary Gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake?
Passage: In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region. He based his study on statistical correlation. That Sichuan is a seismically active area has been discussed for years prior to the quake, though few studies point to a specific date and time.

Question: When was a Seismic Risk Analysis published?

Question: Who published the Seismic Risk Analysis?

Question: Who published a Seismic Risk Analysis Study?

Question: In what year did Chen Xuezhong publish an earthquake study?

Question: What strength did he predict the next quake in Sichuan to be?
Passage: The earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years. Following the quake, experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance, and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of earthquakes in the future. Earthquake prediction is not yet established science; there was no consensus within the scientific community that earthquake "prediction" is possible.

Question: How long had it been since an earthquake of similar magnitude?

Question: How long since the Sichuan area has had a severe quake?

Question: Does the scientific community agree that earthquake prediction is possible?

Question: People wanted to know if the study of what math could produce better predictions?

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Passage: Many rescue teams, including that of the Taipei Fire Department from Taiwan, were reported ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan as early as Wednesday. However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended donating cash instead of other items, as it had not been possible to reach roads that were completely damaged or places that were blocked off by landslides. Landslides continuously threatened the progress of a search and rescue group of 80 men, each carrying about 40 kg of relief supplies, from a motorized infantry brigade under commander Yang Wenyao, as they tried to reach the ethnically Tibetan village of Sier at a height of 4000 m above sea level in Pingwu county. The extreme terrain conditions precluded the use of helicopter evacuation, and over 300 of the Tibetan villagers were stranded in their demolished village for five days without food and water before the rescue group finally arrived to help the injured and stranded villagers down the mountain.

Question: What department was ready to join the rescue effort by Wednesday?

Question: How many Tibetan villagers were stranded?

Question: What was the reason that many rescue teams could not join the relief efforts?

Question: What action did the Red Cross recommend ?

Question: What problem continued to stop rescue teams from reaching affected areas?

Question: Where were the soldiers under commander Yang Wenyao trying to go?
Passage: Persistent heavy rain and landslides in Wenchuan County and the nearby area badly affected rescue efforts. At the start of rescue operations on May 12, 20 helicopters were deployed for the delivery of food, water, and emergency aid, and also the evacuation of the injured and reconnaissance of quake-stricken areas. By 17:37 CST on May 13, a total of over 15,600 troops and militia reservists from the Chengdu Military Region had joined the rescue force in the heavily affected areas. A commander reported from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, that around 3,000 survivors were found, while the status of the other inhabitants (around 9,000) remained unclear. The 1,300 rescuers reached the epicenter, and 300 pioneer troops reached the seat of Wenchuan at about 23:30 CST. By 12:17 CST, May 14, 2008, communication in the seat of Wenchuan was partly revived. On the afternoon of May 14, 15 Special Operations Troops, along with relief supplies and communications gear, parachuted into inaccessible Mao County, northeast of Wenchuan.

Question: What natural disasters were occurring in Wenchuan County?

Question: How many helicopters were deployed?

Question: How many militia reservists joined in on rescue efforts?

Question: How many survivors were found?

Question: How many troops parachuted into Mao County?

Question: What were the biggest difficulties in reaching affected areas?

Question: How many helicopters were sent to deliver aid to the affected areas?

Question: By May 13, how many troops had been added to the rescue efforts?

Question: How people were reported to be survivors in Yingxiu Town?

Question: How many persons were still unaccounted for in Yingxiu?
Passage: By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, resulting in the largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history.

Question: What did Premier Wen Jiabao order?

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Question: What is the total number of aircraft used in the relief operation?

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Question: Who provided the other 30 helicopters?

Question: What kind of operation did this massing of aircraft produce?
Passage: Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13. Tzu Chi was the first force from outside the People's Republic of China to join the rescue effort. China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake.

Question: What Foundation wanted to aid Beijing?

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Question: When did Beijing agree to aid from Taiwan?

Question: What was the first group from outside China to join in the relief operation?

Question: What did China say they would accept?

Question: What did China need help for?
Passage: A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas. Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16.

Question: Who made a direct chartered cargo flight?

Question: What date did the cargo flight leave?

Question: When did a rescue team depart?

Question: How did the move the relief supplies from Taiwan to the stricken area?

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Question: What Red Cross team left Taipei on May 16

Question: Where did the Red Cross team from Taiwan land?
Passage: On May 16, rescue groups from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort. The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities. During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which included tents and generators. Xinhua reported 135,000 Chinese troops and medics were involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities.

Question: What did the US share?

Question: Who did the US share the satellite images with?

Question: How many Chinese troops were involved in the rescue efforts?

Question: When did groups from South Korea, Japan, and others arrive in China?

Question: What did the U.S. share with China?

Question: What was included in the the Air Force C-17 supplies?

Question: How many Chinese troops and medics were involved in the relief efforts?
Passage: The Internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts. For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery. After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters[not in citation given]. Volunteers also set up several websites to help store contact information for victims and evacuees. On May 31, a rescue helicopter carrying earthquake survivors and crew members crashed in fog and turbulence in Wenchuan county. No-one survived.

Question: What was extensively used to pass information to aid rescue and recovery efforts?

Question: What did the Xinhua news agency set up?

Question: What was the purpose of this online rescue request center?

Question: Where did rescue helicopters have trouble landing?

Question: What was used as a communications aid in the relief efforts?

Question: Who set up an online site to focus on blind spots in recovery?

Question: What person suggested a landing spot for helicopters near the epicenter?

Question: What kind of information were websites set up to store?

Question: On what date did a rescue helicopter crash with no survivors?
Passage: On May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead. The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind people of the terrible disaster. There were also several concerts across the country to raise money for the survivors of the quake.

Question: What was done for the anniversary?

Question: Where did the government open access to?

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Question: What did China do to mark the first anniversary of the quake?

Question: What will the Beichuan county seat be used for?

Question: What kind of event were given to raise money for quake survivors?

Question: What is the Beichuan museum meant to remind people of?
Passage: Following the earthquake, donations were made by people from all over mainland China, with booths set up in schools, at banks, and around gas stations. People also donated blood, resulting in according to Xinhua long line-ups in most major Chinese cities. Many donated through text messaging on mobile phones to accounts set up by China Unicom and China Mobile By May 16, the Chinese government had allocated a total of $772 million for earthquake relief so far, up sharply from $159 million from May 14.

Question: What was also donated?

Question: What companies received the money?

Question: After the quake, people from where in China made donations?

Question: What caused long lines in most major cities?

Question: What were the Chinese setting up to take in donations?

Question: How did a lot of people donate using mobile phones?

Question: How much had the Chinese government designated by May 16?
Passage: The Red Cross Society of China flew 557 tents and 2,500 quilts valued at 788,000 yuan (US$113,000) to Wenchuan County. The Amity Foundation already began relief work in the region and has earmarked US$143,000 for disaster relief. The Sichuan Ministry of Civil Affairs said that they have provided 30,000 tents for those left homeless.

Question: How many tents were flown to the region?

Question: How many quilts were flown to the region?

Question: How much were both supplies worth?

Question: What county were the supplies flown to?

Question: How many tents did the Sichuan Ministry provide for the homeless?

Question: What group took tents and quilts to Wenchuan county?

Question: How much has the Amity Foundation designated for disaster relief?

Question: How many tents did the Sichuan Ministry of Affairs provide?

Question: What were all these tents and quilts for?

Question: What foundation had already begun relief work in the area?
Passage: The central government estimates that over 7,000 inadequately engineered schoolrooms collapsed in the earthquake. Chinese citizens have since invented a catch phrase: "tofu-dregs schoolhouses" (Chinese: 豆腐渣校舍), to mock both the quality and the quantity of these inferior constructions that killed so many school children. Due to the one-child policy, many families lost their only child when schools in the region collapsed during the earthquake. Consequently, Sichuan provincial and local officials have lifted the restriction for families whose only child was either killed or severely injured in the disaster. So-called "illegal children" under 18 years of age may be registered as legal replacements for their dead siblings; if the dead child was illegal, no further outstanding fines would apply. Reimbursement would not, however, be offered for fines that were already levied.

Question: How many schoolrooms collapsed in the quake?

Question: What catch-phrase was invented as a result of collapsed schools?

Question: Why did so many schools collapse during the earthquake?

Question: What are the estimations of how many schoolrooms collapsed?

Question: What has the citizenry started calling these type of schools?

Question: What can illegal children be registered as in place of their dead siblings?
Passage: On the evening of May 18, CCTV-1 hosted a special four-hour program called The Giving of Love (simplified Chinese: 爱的奉献; traditional Chinese: 愛的奉獻), hosted by regulars from the CCTV New Year's Gala and round-the-clock coverage anchor Bai Yansong. It was attended by a wide range of entertainment, literary, business and political figures from mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Donations of the evening totalled 1.5 billion Chinese Yuan (~US$208 million). Of the donations, CCTV gave the biggest corporate contribution at ¥50 million. Almost at the same time in Taiwan, a similarly themed programme was on air hosted by the sitting president Ma Ying-jeou. In June, Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, who donated $1.57 million to the victims, made a music video alongside other artists entitled "Promise"; the song was composed by Andy Lau. The Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign, an 8-hour fundraising marathon, was held on June 1 in Hong Kong; it was attended by some 200 Sinosphere musicians and celebrities. In Singapore, MediaCorp Channel 8 hosted a 'live' programme 让爱川流不息 to raise funds for the victims.

Question: What did CCTV-1 host on the evening of May 18th?

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Question: How large were the donations from the program?

Question: How much did Jackie Chan donate to support?

Question: What was the name of the music video that Jackie Chan made for the event?

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Question: What did the donations total for the program?

Question: What company gave the most?

Question: How much did actor Jackie Chan donate?

Question: What was the name of Chan's music video?
Passage: Rescue efforts performed by the Chinese government were praised by western media, especially in comparison with Myanmar's blockage of foreign aid during Cyclone Nargis, as well as China's previous performance during the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. China's openness during the media coverage of the Sichuan earthquake led a professor at the Peking University to say, “This is the first time [that] the Chinese media has lived up to international standards”. Los Angeles Times praised China's media coverage of the quake of being "democratic".

Question: What did a professor at the Peking University say about the handling of the earthquake?

Question: What did Myanmar block after Cyclone Nargis?

Question: What did a Peking professor say about Chinese media coverage?

Question: Who praised Chinese media coverage as being democratic?

Question: In which previous catastrophe not live up to international standards?
Passage: As a result of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks, many rivers became blocked by large landslides, which resulted in the formation of "quake lakes" behind the blockages; these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared that the blockages would eventually crumble under the weight of the ever-increasing water mass, potentially endangering the lives of millions of people living downstream. As of May 27, 2008, 34 lakes had formed due to earthquake debris blocking and damming rivers, and it was estimated that 28 of them were still of potential danger to the local people. Entire villages had to be evacuated because of the resultant flooding.

Question: What formed behind blockages?

Question: How many quake lakes formed?

Question: How many of the lakes were a danger to people?

Question: What was the magnitude of the Sichuan earthquake?

Question: What blocked many of the area's rivers?

Question: What formed behind the blocked rivers?

Question: By May 27, how many earthquake lakes had formed up behind landslide debris?

Question: What had to be evacuated due to potential flooding?
Passage: The most precarious of these quake-lakes was the one located in the extremely difficult terrain at Mount Tangjia in Beichuan County, Sichuan, accessible only by foot or air; an Mi-26T heavy lift helicopter belonging to the China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Company was used to bring heavy earthmoving tractors to the affected location. This operation was coupled with the work done by PLAAF Mi-17 helicopters bringing in PLA engineering corps, explosive specialists and other personnel to join 1,200 soldiers who arrived on site by foot. Five tons of fuel to operate the machinery was airlifted to the site, where a sluice was constructed to allow the safe discharge of the bottlenecked water. Downstream, more than 200,000 people were evacuated from Mianyang by June 1 in anticipation of the dam bursting.

Question: Where was the most precarious quake lake located?

Question: How could you only get to this quake lake?

Question: What machinery was airlifted into the location?

Question: How many people were evacuated downstream?

Question: What was the fear that caused 200,000 people to be evacuated from Mianyang?

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Question: Where is Mount Tangjia?

Question: How many soldiers had to travel to the area by foot?
Passage: The State Council declared a three-day period of national mourning for the quake victims starting from May 19, 2008; the PRC's National Flag and Regional Flags of Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions flown at half mast. It was the first time that a national mourning period had been declared for something other than the death of a state leader, and many have called it the biggest display of mourning since the death of Mao Zedong. At 14:28 CST on May 19, 2008, a week after the earthquake, the Chinese public held a moment of silence. People stood silent for three minutes while air defense, police and fire sirens, and the horns of vehicles, vessels and trains sounded. Cars and trucks on Beijing's roads also came to a halt. People spontaneously burst into cheering "Zhongguo jiayou!" (Let's go, China!) and "Sichuan jiayou" (Let's go, Sichuan!) afterwards.

Question: Who declared the mourning period?

Question: What did the State Council declare a period of?

Question: This was the biggest display of mourning since the death of who?

Question: When did the Chinese hold a moment of silence?

Question: What came to a halt during the moment of silence?

Question: How long was the national mourning for the quake victims to last?
Passage: The Ningbo Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic torch relay announced that the relay, scheduled to take place in Ningbo during national morning, would be suspended for the duration of the mourning period. The route of the torch through the country was scaled down, and there was a minute of silence when the next leg started in city of Ruijin, Jiangxi on the Wednesday after the quake.

Question: What was suspended for the duration of the mourning period?

Question: Where was the relay scheduled to take place?

Question: What was suspended during the period of mourning?

Question: Where was the torch relay supposed to take place?

Question: What part of the relay did they change?

Question: Where was there a minute of silence during the relay?
Passage: Many websites converted their home page to black and white; Sina.com and Sohu, major internet portals, limited their homepages to news items and removed all advertisements. Chinese video sharing websites Youku and Tudou displayed a black background and placed multiple videos showing earthquake footage and news reports. The Chinese version of MSN, cn.msn.com, also displayed banner ads about the earthquake and the relief efforts. Other entertainment websites, including various gaming sites, such as the Chinese servers for World of Warcraft, had shut down altogether, or had corresponding links to earthquake donations. After the moments of silence, in Tiananmen Square, crowds spontaneously burst out cheering various slogans, including "Long Live China". Casinos in Macau closed down.

Question: What colors did many websites convert their home pages to?

Question: What did internet portals remove from their home pages?

Question: Many of what shut down completely?

Question: What did the crowds in Tiananmen Square do after the moment of silence?

Question: What business closed in Macau?