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China's quake-struck regions saw oil and gas operations return to normal by Tuesday, as the country's banking regulators ordered lenders to ensure financial support for companies and individual victims of the disaster. The company's shares fell 3.4 percent to 16.75 yuan in Shanghai on Tuesday,...
Young Chinese tourists wearing traditional Tibetan hats walks past images of living Buddhas and a post warning about social instability as a result of riots in Xiahe, western China's Gansu province on Friday, May 2. Labrang, one of the great Tibetan Buddhist monasteries famed for its sacred...
The official death toll in the Sichuan earthquake has been revised upwards to 32,477. Deaths have also been recorded in Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei and Yunnan. Within Sichuan, the Mianyang and Deyang regions suffered the most fatalities, with estimated deaths of 11,874 and 10,341...
Quake-stricken areas of southwestern China, including the hard-hit Wenchuan and Beichuan counties of Sichuan Province, will see less rain in the next seven days, which should improve conditions for rescue and relief work, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) forecast on Thursday. The CMA...
Temporary controls have been imposed on food prices and transportation fares in quake-hit provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi and Chongqing municipality to stem hoarding and speculation. Local authorities announced the move after the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a...
Telecom services in Sichuan and neighboring provinces disrupted by Monday's earthquake begin operating again yesterday, while networks in worst-hit Wenchuan and nearby counties remained cut off. Nearly 1,990 out of the 4,457 disrupted base stations in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces were...
Times Now.tvPetroChina, Sinopec Shut Some Gas Wells After Quake (Update2)Bloomberg - 2 hours agoPetroChina restarted a fuel pipeline from its Lanzhou refinery in northwestern Gansu province to Sichuan yesterday. The pipeline was shut for 22 hours and …China restarts oil line Reutersall 33 news...
The injuried people receive medical treatments at a temporary tents in Longnan, a city of northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2008. The death toll in northwest China's Gansu Province from Monday's earthquake has risen to 213 from the previous 189, the Gansu provincial government said on...
Special report:Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, ... ... BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Three rains are forecast to sweep earthquake-hit southwest China's Sichuan, southern part of Gansu and Shannxi provinces and Chongqing Municipality in the next seven days, the...
Source: Reuters BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake with magnitude of 7.8 which struck southwestern China on Monday shook Lanzhou refinery but the plant appears undamaged, a company source said. The epicentre ... ... BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake with...
