Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

Militiamen search for a missing helicopter in the Zhaogong Mountain near Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2008. A military transport helicopter engaging in quake relief work near Yingxiu Town was missing on May 31. There were altogether 19 people on board the helicopter, including five crew members and 14 injured local residents. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Soldiers scramble to search for downed helicopter

    DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan Province, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese soldiers were still scaling mountains and hacking their way through brambles and thorns in a desperate attempt to search for a downed military transport helicopter on Tuesday.

    President Hu Jintao, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, instructed the rescuing team to continue sparing no efforts to search for the helicopter after debriefing a searching report on late Monday.

    As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, the helicopter was still missing and no one onboard has been found.  Full story

Helicopter crashes while on duty in quake zones

    CHENGDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A military transport helicopter engaging in quake relief work near the Yingxiu Township, Wenchuan County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province crashed on Saturday afternoon, according to military sources. Full Story