Slideshow and Photo Gallery Critique

One of the slide shows and the photo gallery are in Chinese. Hope you guys can understand.

Website #1 slideshow without sound http://news.qq.com/a/20120226/000570.htm#p=4

This slideshow tells a real news that is fiercely discussed now by the whole Chinese nation. It's a great shock. A young man, who is the son of a government official, disfigured his girlfriend, who is only 17 years old, after he was turned down by the girl. There are 16 pictures in total, each one with explanation written in Chinese beneath. It's pretty explanatory together by the pictures and texts. I was shocked and attracted by the first picture, which shows how the girl looks like before and after she was disfigured. The case is still under investigation. The webpage has quite a lot good functions, like full screen display, slideshow display. You can also comment and share it to Chinese twitter.

Website #2 slideshow with sound http://www.miamiherald.com/slideshows/

This slideshow definitely tells a story. This audio slideshow covers the big earthquake occurred in Haiti in 2010 by a journalist from the Miami Herald. The length of each photo perfectly matches the audio, explaining how  the victims suffered from the earthquake and cherished hope to rebuild their nation. The second photo shocked me the most, showing a dead woman body which was pushed by a bulldozer to a hole. There were just too many people who died in the earthquake. This slideshow tells better story than the slideshow without sound, especially to those who can't read. The voice of the journalist is very deep, which pulled readers into the story instead of being distracted by other things.

Website #3 photo gallery http://bbs.news.qq.com/t-1014871-1.htm

This photo gallery also tells a story, but not as good as the slide shows. It shows people's life in the poorest village in China's south western's Yunan Province. It mainly focus on children's life—they have to work when they are very young in order to make a living. It has no pavement there, all under their feet are either wood or dirt, and they don't have shoes. A new bridge was built to replace the dangerous ropes. In the mountainous area, kids like to see  fireworks and eat rice dumplings once a year, which are very common in other parts of China. The photos are not in order, but they show different perspectives of people's life in that poor area. I was touched by the photos.