COLUMBIA— When Irene Ran, 27, an MU graduate student in strategic communications, woke up to the ominous sound of a phone call at 4 a.m. Monday, she knew something was wrong. It was her friend, a reporter in Beijing, telling her of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck her home province of Sichuan in southwest China.
Chinese community in Columbia worry about families in China
Monday, May 12, 2008 | 9:04 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:48 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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