‘They are struggling to survive’: Stanford’s Chinese community reacts to demonstrations in China
There is a Chinese idiom that says that some man-made disasters are as bad as natural ones. According to a Chinese student who has chosen to remain anonymous due to potential repercussions for herself and her family, the fire in Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang province would fall into this category. A fire in an Urumqi apartment building in late November killed 10 people, including children.