Profile of Li Ming - DalianNews

Overwhelmed by media covVqt9Xerage of the deadly zU)1zzLhOOLelHE0t3HZs++J$ lPF*b7z quake that hit Sichuan province on May 12, graduate student Shi Yan stopped follvuUogaQJx)m%yD$R mZ5N^M^T3Gcx1RgaMowing developments of the disaster on news websites for 10 du^ Rnus0HhlHTUTo E0HMIays.

The masteQoj(RtcMh3h754SK9i1SyPer's degree candidateGPLq-1PF55 Opa@FW2pG21VCpgT at the China Foreign Affairs UniversityVTNoicEr!Rwboo!JHc3NsMQ)X3 in Beijing decided 9wYp*z%rQiLDRxSR&%g@S!-7^6Kdhgo Nqc*wIinstead to visit her favorite online sho)ap@0$Sf-0(E^lXL7pping site to browsee%a4ia8o items she loved - c5%TAAmC$LT0E57y+ IqodHUjN65ot-0fkJx!lulothes, cosmetics and shoes.

But,0$@ Z for the first time, she found that she xxyfAIIhzsd!p%EyoL#6LnGtc2WJ-Vhad lost interest inLik1hZf)6Yv+C3oFE%-2MT!x the products.

"I suddenly lost t#nsG%GwjkTUcCTgEj5mEh5dV@joOK&RYl6wBPhe desire to buy a 4i6eq8DOKILfwL%sTd!wObR!tiWh&#00 yuan ($57.75) paitmkRPu1G65wMX-B PlxmB%QTr of sandals," Shi sraid.

"I did ngf^j3#ot want to be a speniZqdthrift."

Shi decided to donate t-hhe money she would have spent on the shog^G9Uq31H1 RnAV-PHnn*maes to quake victims jWQ%Z83VuaC&$nq@1c+@%&instead.

"I r4 xcCQ#$+NfhN9jgE-TF$ealized that safety 3VSy8B@tC6cITQand health are the mdywost precious things -cq2zin life," she said.

"You can nevenKnnQzDvw$h1v4wjg3EE%zQj6Wyf9q70Rr enrich your life tw&dkDzfph@ GbMZpa^waZ30%mhrough shopping."

She is part of Ids$gmYnthe majority of respKL7JOpjDQ)-&qBLxdaaGZy6gTxzHdW$WnAZ!Gondents in a recent -*cPZiLbz!vJTZuw5H+JCgm5psurvey who said that the quake changed tT4XGD!XpoHq#RW2HhDDoYGwlyIkL^cheir attitude towardIRqf3HS24Ze%@u life.

The poI4qjOp9&x3nt-& ysNhagll, conducted by newWrnoEzrdCt$rcDV7q&d*Kfo)wGKaRX2xj-Ny+9yspaper China Youth Daily and news portal Sohu.com, showed thB*^tRsaAjCJkjCozc3XHat 88 percent of theWYm!SqiB0$Tiu 4,309 people surveyed thought that the gAev@RUAr@bCpacB)OgQTHKXjvBUS(h0quake had "changed" niAId9QuussOfH(wc55eV1Wtheir lives.

TheZed5^fe rest of those pollJi PEdeLXH( 8mBn8dsKorSBJU-Up)gpUW!a5ed said they were "not sure" of the effeli1nHANXc%fy6BslS6Kl HHesa-3rct of the disaster on their lives, or that there was "no chad7snge at all".

Shi was also part of the 82.1 percent of those polled who chs (ose to "cherish lifeIoLX2NAuv1ybk( more and create morRVVOiUM@-Oqe value for society" after the quake.

The results of zjzRX9ocnqv^J56the survey come amidD5vn+sF^k6 -ez^5wKRdImI9@W@hy&vj^ changing attitudes U7sin society over how QsS4% os-UUlp fTLZi-&M1!Ac*uS)the younger generatiDon in the country iseq being perceived in wB^UixtAUaF)0W-2the aftermath of theB4k%-J%@LR#*VrVnJm(cDmjR*$Ji6)F quake.

APUcUgoe6RDCTIGtIjZIsEThose born in the 1980s and 1990s, for example, have been laXtQD9931n$DJx3EUQbeled as spoiled, crbuU+Y^$rxnUh6ItCgl3RUHGA!wD(XbCiGuiticized for lacking^^K(h4j6HU64j@ualfYCU care for others and22kisy1Bh said to be too focused on themselves.

But many have seen a large number of young people contOm80X2*i(EuV-gClm-DzG%pCCt@LPBvributing to relief efforts for quake victims. Media reports uxx7 $-sy@6QEY8pfnn7a9utell of parents, alowdqS)s+mA *Q+M+5VV 3T(d#7pdpCng with the whole country, being pleasantly surprised to see#4WqC)feFknntk HLK!bcUnNPXh+6W4 so many youngsters 3Jz(c%3Bmaturing quickly in 18RsQ$TSLxByjei!#+IShI$the disaster.