The Chinese government has declared April 21, 2010 as a day of mourning for victims of the [URL=http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/earthquake_in_yushu_china.html]April 14 Yushu Earthquake[/URL] which reportedly killed over 2,000 people and injured more than 12,000.

The Ministry of Culture, in addition to ordering all flags lowered to half-mast, has also issued a suspension for all public entertainment activities, including videogames. Provision number three of a [URL=http://www.ccnt.gov.cn/xxfb/zwxx/ggtz/201004/t20100420_78523.html]government issued decree[/URL] ([URL=http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccnt.gov.cn%2Fxxfb%2Fzwxx%2Fggtz%2F201004%2Ft20100420_78523.html&sl=zh-CN&tl=en]translated[/URL]) orders that all cultural and entertainment venues in the China suspend the entertainment activities.
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