Update on Chinese coverage of dam/earthquake connection

Last night I mentioned the NYT story suggesting that a dam recently built near a major fault line in China could possibly have triggered the devastating Sichuan earthquake last May. I said I would like to see how -- if at all -- the story was being covered and interpreted inside China. (I'm still away.)

One fascinating early answer comes from the Mutant Palm site in this post. The headline of the Chinese press report it quotes (and translates) gives the general idea:

Foreign Media Stir Up Trouble, Speculate "Sichuan Earthquake was Man-Made"

Original version of that headline:

Full Chinese report (in Chinese) here. Even from afar it will be interesting to watch this develop.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/02/update-on-chinese-coverage-of-dam-earthquake-connection/9514/