The types of catastrophic collapses seen in the first news reels from China this week are reminiscent of similar scenes most recently from Bam in Iran in 2003 and Turkey in 1999.

• 在本周来自中国的第一波报道所见到的灾难性的垮塌让人回忆起最近2003年伊朗巴姆和1999年土耳其的类似情景。