Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China

Armed policemen get ready for hiking towards the Tangjiashan quake lake, in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008. The first 150 armed policemen were hiking on Sunday toward Tangjiashan to channel "quake lake" in Sichuan Province, hoping to blast away its landslide barrier before it bursts and causes a flood. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

China preparing to drain swelling quake lake

    MIANYANG, Sichuan, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers are preparing to dynamite the barrier of a swelling quake lake, which has posed a new threat after a devastating 8.0-magnitude temblor ravaged southwest China's Sichuan Province. Full story

Rescuers hiking to large Sichuan quake lake as flood alarm grows

    MIANYANG, Sichuan, May 25 (Xinhua) -- About 1,800 armed police officers and People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers were hiking on Sunday toward an expanding "quake lake" in southwest Sichuan Province, hoping to blast away its landslide barrier before it bursts and causes a flood. Full story