The repercussions from the atrocious earth quake in China will stretch far beyond the countless victims of its violence.

The run up to the 2008 Olympics had provided invaluable coverage to the plight of those in Tibet, struggling quietly under their occupation. What sympathy they had gained, and had been reflected in the media, has been over shadowed by the suffering of the Chinese in the worst hit areas.

Those millions in Burma suffering under the stubbornness of their own government have also faded into the shadows of the media storm.

No one, and no nation, deserves to suffer as people have across China and Burma, to name but two, over these turbulent past weeks. An entire nation cannot be condemned for a crime initiated by those select few who are in power.

Yet the pain of the earth quake and the implication of the stolen limelight will continue to play in those under ground theatres for years and even decades to come.