National Days of Mourning. May 19 at 1428 will be a period of silence followed by the blowing of horns.

The Chinese employees I have talked to this morning are quite broken up by coverage of the earthquake in Sichuan.  I asked the admin girl what was troubling her and she told me that she was sad because of the earthquake.

May 19 to May 21 will be a period of national mourning in China for the victims of the Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake.  At 1428 May 19 (Monday), a three-minute silence will be observed followed by a blowing of horns and air-defense alerts.