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Thousands of Chinese fled for cover in fear of an earthquake Tuesday, alarmed not only by warnings from seismologists but also by an unusual mass movement of frogs, state media said. For the second time this month, residents observed a huge migration of frogs and toads, the state-run Xinhua news...
CHENGDU, May 20 (Xinhua) -- People in Mianyang, Sichuan Province, have become accustomed to gathering in the middle of the road after anything unusual, hoping to improve their chance of survival in case of a major aftershock. A forecast of a strong aftershock in Sichuan Province late on Monday...
By foreign affairs editor Peter Cave and wires The official death toll has risen above 40,000. (File photo) (ABC News: Rob Hill) An unusual mass migration of frogs and toads has caused thousands of residents to flee their homes in the southern Chinese city of Zunyi, fearing it was a warning of an...
Rescue workers search under a partially collapsed building for survivors after hearing noises from within at the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. In the thin light of morning, rescuers pointing a flashlight into a pile of debris saw...
BEIJING EXPRESS BY CELESTE FONG The earthquake may have destroyed homes, flattened villages and towns, and taken tens of thousands of lives, but it has also brought out the good in people who have given help unconditionally. IT is painful to hear of the horrible loss of life and the destruction...
GUIYANG, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A farm vehicle plunged into a river in the southwestern province of Guizhou on Thursday, leaving 28 people dead and 15 others injured, local police said. The accident happened at about 11:00 a.m. in Yaoshang Town, Qinnan Prefecture of Buyi and Miao Nationality, when...
GUIYANG, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu ... ... GUIYANG, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo made a visit to southwest China's Guizhou Province, during which he praised the snow-hit province's reconstruction progress, talked to farmers in the...
GUIYANG, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese major carrier China ... ... GUIYANG, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese major carrier China Southern Airlines launched a new route on Friday linking picturesque Guiyang City in southwest China's Guizhou Province to Seoul of the Republic of Korea...
In Dimen, yesterday and today are merging. ... For a thousand years the lives of the Dong people have resounded with song. The sun was already low and the air still hot when I arrived at the tall ceremonial gate that led into the village. Three grizzled men wearing...
Police beat and detained dozens of ethnic Tibetans during the latest protest in a restive region of western China, sparked when monks demanded the release of fellow clergy, according to residents and an activist group. ... The reports came Friday, a day after authorities...
