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New2grammar  #514745  Sat, 17 May 08 09:17 AM
Refugee. Any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality

 

Rescuers said they could hear a weak yell for help from under the building's rubble and are "expecting more miracles," according to state-run media.

Hu flew to Mianyang in the hard-hit Sichuan province, which has become a massive refugee camp for survivors, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

 The author chose to use the word refugee in the article about the recent massive earthquate in China that killed thousand. I don't see how refugee fits in this context by the definition as above. Most of the victims are Chinese.

Thanks in advance!

  
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Mister Micawber  #514747  Sat, 17 May 08 09:19 AM
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The definition you have chosen is too strict.  One can also be a refugee from another area in the same country.
  
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