silence for three minutes
Emotions are still raw, a week after the earthquake destroyed homes, schools and families.
Tears flowed freely Monday as busy, bustling China paused to remember the estimated 50,000 who died in the 7.9 magnitude quake.
Yesterday (Monday) was the start of an official three-day mourning period, — the first in modern China for anything other than the death of a national leader.
During that time, national and foreign institutions will fly flags at half-mast, public recreational activities will be stopped, and the Foreign Ministry and China's embassies and consulates will set up condolence books.
At 2:28 p.m. (local Beijing time) on May 19, people across the country will observe silence for three minutes, while cars, trains, ships, and air defense alarms will sound.". The city's normally choking traffic halted in the middle of the street, and millions of drivers blared their horns.
In this three day public entertainment are more or less suspended in Suzhou. Many places like pubs and KTV's are closed, restaurants suspended music and lighting advertisments. The Chinese government has limited access to online entertainment content during a three-day period of national mourning beginning Monday. Major portals Sina.com and Sohu.com limited their home page offerings to news content. Game sites like The9, which is the China distributor for the exceptionally popular "World of Warcraft", offered no links to any of its games. Instead, it offered information on how to donate to relief efforts.
The Olympic torch relay through China also be suspended for three days.
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