Expats open their hearts and wallets

The 8.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Southwest China a week ago also jolted the collective conscience of China's international community. "It doesn't matter if you're foreign or Chinese," says Briton Jenny Niven, from the expat-oriented bookstore The Bookworm.

"People have a sense of loyalty to the country whether they've been here for a short or a long time and whether they were born here or not."

The Bookworm is one of many expat centers collecting donations for quake victims and everybody from rockers to CEOs are heeding the call to action.