Chinese president pays silent tribute
to earthquake victims
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President
Hu Jintao on Monday afternoon paid a three-minute silent tribute to victims of
the May 12 earthquake in the central government compound of Zhongnanhai in
Beijing. Full story
Chinese diplomatic missions mourn
quake victims
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese diplomatic
missions across the world started mourning victims of the May 12 earthquake in
Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. Monday Beijing time (0628 GMT) as national flags
flew at half-mast, exactly one week after the powerful tremor struck. Full story
China's FM opens condolence book for
foreign diplomats to mourn for quake victims
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China's Foreign
Ministry opened a condolence book on Monday morning for foreign diplomats to
mourn for those who died in the May-12 earthquake in Sichuan Province. Full story
China begins three-day mourning for
quake victims
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday
began a three-day national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed
in a powerful earthquake which struck the country's southwest on May 12. Full story
National flags at Chinese diplomatic
missions fly at half-mast in mourning for quake victims
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China's national flag flies at half-mast
after the flag-raising ceremony on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing Monday
morning, May 19, 2008. China on Monday begins a three-day national
mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed in a powerful
earthquake which struck the country's southwest on May 12.
(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese embassies
and consulates in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia,
New Zealand and other countries flew Chinese national flags at half-mast on
Monday morning in mourning for victims in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan,
China. Full story
China quake death toll rises to 32,477
by 14:00 Sunday
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from
the powerful earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province had risen
to 32,477 nationwide as of 2 p.m. Sunday, while the number of injured reached
220,109, according to the emergency response office under the State Council. Full story
Magnitude of SW China earthquake
revised to 8.0
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The China
Seismological Bureau (CSB) Sunday revised the magnitude of southwest China
earthquake from 7.8 to 8.0 on the Richter scale. Full story
Chinese President expresses gratitudes
for foreign aid in quake relief
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Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday
night speaks at a meeting on rescue and relief work of the earthquake,
expressing gratitudes to foreign countries and people who have offered aid
since a major earthquake struck the country. (Xinhua Photo)
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CHENGDU, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President
Hu Jintao Saturday night expressed gratitude to foreign countries and people who
have offered aid since a major earthquake struck the country. Full story
President Hu
renews call to save lives in remote
villages
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) talks
with with military officers when he inspects disaster relief work in the
quake-hit Xuankou Town of Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan
Province, May 17, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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CHENGDU, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President
Hu Jintao on Saturday urged rescue teams to reach remote villages that were
battered by the strong earthquake in the southwestern Sichuan Province as soon
as possible. Full story
Chinese President encourages quake
victims to overcome difficulties
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Chinese President Hu Jintao consoles
locals in a village in Beichuan county, May 16, 2008. He encouraged them
to be confident in overcoming hardships caused by the disaster.(Xinhua
Photo)
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BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President
Hu Jintao Friday went to Beichuan County of Mianyang City to visit people
affected by the southwest China earthquake, encouraging them to be confident in
overcoming hardships caused by the disaster. Full story
Chinese Premier stresses all-out efforts to rescue quake
victims
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao presides a
meeting of the general headquarters of quake relief under the State
Council Saturday afternoon. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao on Saturday underscored unremitting efforts in searching and rescuing
people buried in debris in the earthquake in southwestern Sichuan Province. Full story
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