14 DAY TRIAL // Following the destructive earthquake which hit China on May 12, the entire web is today commemorating the victims of the tragedy in its very own methods. According to China Daily, China announced three days of national mourning and suspended all entertainment websites from displaying their content on the Internet. However, it's quite impressive to see that most websites on the web have joined forces and formed a remarkable alliance which commemorates the victims of the earthquake.
For instance, PC World reports that The9, a very popular gaming website based in China, removed all the links to games published on the website. The local video services published on earthquake-related videos on their pages while the other clips can only be accessed through the search function. Moreover, news websites redirect the visitors to earthquake stories.
In addition, very popular Internet services such as Google and Yahoo are also involved in this campaign. The official Google China website came out with a black Google logo pointing to earthquake content while the Sunnyvale-based company Yahoo placed a similar doodle on their Yahoo China website. Baidu, the main search engine based in China, brought a similar initiative and made its whole logo black.
According to China Daily, "the public are asked to stand in silence for three minutes from 2:28 pm on Monday, the time the deadly quake hit, while automobiles, trains, and ships would sound their air sirens." Moreover, "during the mourning days, the torch relay for the Beijing Olympic Games will be suspended to mourn the quake victims."
The earthquake which hit China on May 12 made more than 32,000 victims, but the number may increase in the next days as other thousands of people are still among the missing. A similar earthquake assaulted China in 1976, causing no less than 250,000 deaths.
