Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW
China
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by one to 34,074 as 12 p.m. Tuesday, according to the earthquake relief headquarters of the State Council.
And 245,963 people were injured and 32,361 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province last Monday.
As of Monday midnight, up to 360,159 people trapped during the quake had been rescued and transported to safe areas, among them 6,375 were excavated from rubble left behind by the quake.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs have allocated 278,462 tents, 783,984 quilts and 1.78 million cotton-padded clothes to the quake zones by 1 p.m. Tuesday. กก
Millions mourn China earthquake dead
with air sirens wailing in grief
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Millions of people in
China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28 p.m. Monday to mourn
thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit the nation's southwest a
week ago.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu
Bangguo, Premier Wen Jiabao, and other top leaders including Jia Qinglin, Li
Changchun, Xi Jinping, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also stood in silence in
the central government compound of Zhongnanhai in Beijing. Full story
China begins three-day mourning for
quake victims
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The students of senior 3 at Beichuan
Higher Middle School attend a ceremony of resuming classs at a temporary
school in quake-hit Mianyang city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May
19, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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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.
At 4:58 a.m., the national flag at the Tian'anmen Square
in downtown Beijing flew at half-mast after a complete flag-raising ceremony. Full story
National flags at Chinese diplomatic
missions fly at half-mast in mourning for quake victims
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
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
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
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
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
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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