China Orders Relief Efforts, but Public Is Still Angry
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
The New York Times
Published: January 31, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/world/asia/31china.html?ref=asia

China plans to halt rain for Olympics
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Times
9:41 PM PST, January 30, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rain31jan31,0,39372....

Consumption edges ahead as the most powerful engine of China's economic growth
Xinhua
Jan. 30, 2008

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/30/content_7527691.htm