International praise for openness

by POPOEVER via FlickrShanghaiist summerizes neatly all the international praise China is getting for the display of openness after the Sichuan earthquake. Both old and new media seems to be doing what they should do: spreading information.
I believe for a disaster of this scale in a country as connected by mobiles and internet as China is, another decision would have been impossible. But when you have been following the push and pull movements in China's recent politics, it is not as surprising as some Western media, like here the Australian, think it is.
Shanghaiist is also one of the better resources for up to date information on the earthquake in English.