For 3 Minutes, 1.3 Billion People Stood Still in Silence 18 May 2008
For the first time in 59 years since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, Sirens went off in Beijing, echoed by the collective sound of horns from all motor vehicles in the streets. For three minutes started at 2:28pm Monday, the entire China stood still in silence. In the heart of the nation, the Tiananmen Square, the flag flew at a half-staff. It is a moment when one in every five people on earth mourned for their 50,000 fellow citizens perished in Sichuan quake that occurred exactly one week ago. Chinese Nursery Song 2008 (the original author in Chinese unknown) 今年的雪，特别的大，
This
year's snowstorms, unbelievably huge, 有群坏人，来把人吓，
A
gang of thugs, came to threaten us, 那个喇嘛，叽里呱啦，
That
Lama, keeps talking falsehood, 巴黎铁塔，伦敦警察，
Paris'
Tower, London's police - so spineless, 汽笛嘟嘟，铁轨哗哗，
While
whistles sounded, trains derailed 龙又翻身，大地垮塌，
The
earth collapsed, 重重的墙，将老师压，
Bulky
walls, fall on the back of my teacher, 没过很久，听到喇叭，
Soon
after, I heard loudspeaker, 叔叔的手，使劲地挖，
Uncles
PLA, dug through rubble, 经过灾难，我已长大，
After
the disasters, I've grown up, Pre: The Greatest
Benevolence Is Like Water
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