SICHUAN Province plans to rebuild Beichuan County in neighboring communities and turn the quake-ravaged area into a memorial site, a top official of the county said yesterday, a Beijing-based newspaper reported today. ... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Mon, May 19 2008
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