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Most extensive preservation project for Great Wall of China launched The Shanghai News.Net New Delhi, : China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has launched the most extensive preservation project for the Great Wall of China, with a survey and repair already in progress.
Soldiers dig out survivor buried in ruins for 117 hrs People's Daily Chinese soldiers dug out a 52-year old man from the ruins in Beichuan county, Sichuan Province, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 117 hours after he was buried underneath collapsed buildings by the...
46 injured need evacuation as lake burst imminent in China The Shanghai News.Net Beijing, : Forty-six people were seriously injured and are in dire need of help in Beichuan county of the Sichuan province, which was the epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude quake that has so far killed 22,069 people in China.
Quake-hit China to probe collapsed schools The Shanghai News.Net Beijing, : China's Ministry for Housing and Urban and Rural Construction has reportedly decided to probe the construction quality of the schools which collapsed in Monday's earthquake, of 7.8 magnitude, killing a large number of school kids.
130,000 troops in rescue operations throughout quake area People's Daily As of 8 a.m. Thursday, more than130,000 troops were engaged in rescue operations in areas ravaged by the quake. Also, by Thursday morning, rescuers had reached all 58 counties and towns stricken by...
Adoption applications flood in after quake People's Daily Liu Ming has a photograph, which shows her standing among a group of children attending a new school. The picture was taken in happier times; today it evokes nothing but sadness. Liu, 32, is an...
Chinese president flies to quake-hit Sichuan People's Daily Chinese President Hu Jintao flew to quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province Friday morning to console the victims and inspect the rescue and relief work. Hu will also visit the troops and medical...
President Hu heads for epicenter to direct disaster-relief work People's Daily Chinese President Hu Jintao headed for Wenchuan County at the epicenter of the Sichuan earthquake by road on Saturday morning, to direct the rescue and relief work there....
quake not to dampen China corporate profit People's Daily Profit for China's listed companies may grow 20 percent this year despite the strong quake that shook southwest China, according to a senior official with JPMorgan Chase. &The quake would have...
Japanese rescue professionals arrive in quake-hit SW China People's Daily A group of rescue professionals sent by the Japanese government arrived in Chengdu, capital of quake-ravaged southwest China's Sichuan Province, early Friday to assist the rescue work. The 31...
Vietnam financially helps Chinese earthquake victims People's Daily The Vietnamese government has decided to donate 200,000 U.S. dollars to victims of a recent earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Thursday....
Five Korean students rescued in epicenter area People's Daily Chinese military doctors rescued five students from the Republic of Korea in Wenchuan, the epicenter of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southwestern Sichuan Province and helicoptered them to the...
German tourist pulled out of rubble 114 hrs after quake People's Daily A German tourist was Saturday pulled out of the wreckage of a house alive by Chinese soldiers in Wenchuan county at the epicenter, 114 hours after the deadly earthquake. His first name was pronounced...
Singapore rescue team arrives in China People's Daily Rescue team from Singapore arrived in Chengdu, capital of the quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China Friday and was heading for Shifang city to assist rescue efforts. By now, rescue teams from...
More than 700 Taiwan compatriots home from quake zone People's Daily More than 700 Taiwan compatriots, who had been affected by the earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, flew home from Chongqing and Chengdu cities on Friday evening and early Saturday...
BOCOG donates 5 mln yuan to Sichuan quake-hit area People's Daily The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games on Friday offered 5 million RMB (714,000 U.S. dollars) to the earthquake-stricken areas in Southwest China's Sichuan province. BOCOG set...
Legal victory in U.S. energizes Chinese battery makers People's Daily For many reasons, especially the hefty legal fees and unfamiliar system, a lawsuit in the United States is the last thing that most Chinese companies want to be involved in. And when they do go to...
Quake to spur insurers to penetrate rural areas People's Daily The most powerful earthquake in China since 1950 shows the nation's insurance industry is decades behind those of the world's biggest economies. Just 5 percent of the more than 20 billion U. S....
Peru declares national mourning for Chinese earthquake victims People's Daily The Peruvian government passed on Friday a supreme ordinance, setting as a national mourning day for Chinese earthquake victims. According to the ordinance, signed by President Alan Garcia...
Torch relay crowd pays respects People's Daily Tens of thousands of people swarmed the streets of Nanchang for the last leg of the torch relay in Central China's Jiangxi province, cheering their long-awaited taste of the Olympics and expressing...
Grieving survivors search for solace in shelters People's Daily Mianyang, Sichuan: As he walks alone with a bandaged head and arm outside Nanhe Stadium, a temporary center for quake survivors, Wang Qingzhou appears fairly relaxed.He looks like a different man...
Donations to China quake zone hit 3.175 bln yuan People's Daily China has received 3.175 billion yuan (454 million U.S. dollars) in cash and goods for earthquake relief from donors at home and abroad as of 4 p.m. Friday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs...
Deja vu near epicenter People's Daily A strong aftershock sparked landslides on Friday near the epicenter of the earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off roads.The 5.9-magnitude aftershock jolted Lixian county at around 1:25 pm...
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