China Earthquake
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Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone
Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the worst quake in three years climbed to 203.
China to mourn quake dead as toll passes 2 000
China will on Wednesday hold a national day of mourning for victims of an earthquake that has claimed more than 2 000 lives.
China earthquake death toll nears 800
Tibetans mourned dead relatives on Friday from an earthquake that killed nearly 800 people in remote western China.
China quake death toll rises as rescuers hunt for survivors
Rescue workers dug through piles of rubble on Thursday searching for survivors of a devastating quake in China which killed over 600 people.
Incense burns as solemn China mourns quake dead
Mourners crowded ruins in south-west China on Tuesday to mark one year since an earthquake shattered the region.
In quake aftermath, China says many schools unsafe
China said on Friday many of its schools were structurally unsafe more than seven months after a devastating earthquake.
China quake ruins cleared, but school anger unbowed
The morning before China’s vast earthquake killed Kang Ergui’s son, the father worked as a security guard at the boy’s school.
China to spend $145bn on quake reconstruction
China will spend one trillion yuan (about -billion) over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged by the Sichuan earthquake.
China quake damages more than 100 000 homes, 25 dead
An earthquake that hit south-west China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 25 people and damaged or destroyed more than 100 000 homes.
Chinese teacher sent to labour camp for quake photos
A Chinese teacher has been sent to a labour camp over his internet photographs of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake.
Two million without livelihood after China quake
China’s devastating earthquake has left nearly two million people without a means to make a living, state press said on Tuesday.
Rice meets homeless children after China quake
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday met children made homeless by the devastating earthquake that hit south-west China.
China: Quake death toll likely to exceed 80 000
The death toll from last month’s massive earthquake in south-west China is likely to exceed 80 000, state media reported on Tuesday.
China detains quake school critic
Chinese police have detained a retired teacher on subversion charges after she decried the state of many schools buildings that toppled.