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Washington - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people. USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks during the...
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China puts quake losses in Sichuan at 67 bln yuan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Direct economic losses from last week's earthquake will be about 67 billion yuan ($9.60 billion) in Sichuan province alone, China said on Monday. The losses arose from the damage the quake inflicted on 14,207 businesses in Sichuan, according to a prepared statement to be...
China puts quake losses in Sichuan at 67 bln yuan
BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - Direct economic losses from last week's earthquake will be about 67 billion yuan ($9.60 billion) in Sichuan province alone, China said on Monday. The losses arose from the damage the quake inflicted on 14,207 businesses in Sichuan, according to a preparered statement...
More quake-injured people evacuated for better treatment
A train left quake-hit Sichuan Province carrying 206 injured people for further treatment in Chongqing. The train, which set off at 10:20 a.m. from Mianyang, the worst-hit area in the 8-magnitude quake on May 12, is expected to reach the north railway station in Chongqing six and a half hours...
More quake-injured people evacuated for better treatment
MIANYANG, Sichuan, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A train left quake-hit Sichuan Province carrying 206 injured people for further treatment in Chongqing. The train, which set off at 10:20 a.m. from Mianyang, the worst-hit area in the 8-magnitude quake on May 12, is expected to reach the north railway station...
Power on Sichuan grid falls 24 pct after quake
BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - The local electricity grid in China's Sichuan province is carrying 24 percent less power now than before the earthquake after some hydropower firms lost grid connections, while two coal-fired plants ran out of coal. As of Sunday, maximum electricity flows carried by...
Sichuan Quake Shakes Up Chinese Censorship Policy [Sichuan Earthquake]
The tragedy of the recent earthquake in central China, which has claimed over 20,000 lives at last count, has just the smallest bit of silver lining. The Chinese government has been uncharacteristically loose with information, and millions of Chinese netizens are, for the first time, almost...
Sichuan Quake Shakes Up Chinese Censorship Policy
The tragedy of the recent earthquake in central China, which has claimed over 20,000 lives at last count, has just the smallest bit of silver lining. The Chinese government has been uncharacteristically loose with information, and millions of Chinese netizens are, for the first time, almost...
Football fans express support for earthquake victims
An unusually warm hearted match-up between the Chengdu Blades and the Changsha Jinde ended in a one-one tie Saturday. More than 10,000 spectators simultaneously cheered in Sichuan dialect "Sichuan, Xiongqi (Keep Going)" at the Helong Stadium in Changsha the capital of central China's Hunan Province.
Xinhua News Special Report On Sichuan Quake
The Chinese Government decreed that a three-day (19-21 May 2008) national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed in the earthquake will be observed throughout the country as well as this Embassy. A book of condolences will be opened for signing ...
Chinese, foreign businesses in Russia donate for quake-hit victims
MOSCOW, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese businessmen in Moscow held a donation party on Sunday for the victims of last week's devastating earthquake which has claimed more than 32,000 lives in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. "Learning about the quake in our hometown, we Chinese from the Sichuan...
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