RELIEF troops are approaching Wenchuan County on foot, the epicenter of a quake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province this afternoon. The authority has not given a specific number of the rescuing troops... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Tue, May 13 2008
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| 14 May 08 |
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China quake-----Over 50,000 troops sent to disaster areas »
YouTube video BEIJING, May 14 -- More than 50,000 troops have been sent to the disaster areas. By late Tuesday afternoon, 20,000 soldiers had arrived to join the relief efforts.
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| 12 May 08 |
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| 13 May 08 |
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Over 16,000 soldiers join in disaster relief after Sichuan quake » People's Daily As of 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, 16,760 Chinese soldiers have joined in disaster relief efforts after a major earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. China will also send 20 military planes to transport armed ... |
| 14 May 08 |
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Chinese soldiers enter earthquake epicenter, report major casualties » People's Daily A brigade of soldiers have entered the earthquake epicenter Wenchuan in Sichuan Province, the disaster relief headquarters in the Chengdu Military Area Command said Tuesday. The soldiers reached Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan on foot on T ... |
| 24 May 08 |
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