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Mourners crowd earthquake site

ABOUT 40,000 people visited earthquake devastated Beichuan County in Sichuan Province on the first two days of the Chinese New Year. Most of them went to the ruins of the small county which was flattened in the... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Thu, Jan 29 2009

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20 May 08 visit 2 minutes after earthquake in Beichuan County 5-12-2008  »  YouTube videoHow people act after earthquake in Beichuan County, in China's southwest Sichuan province.
21 May 08 visit Devastated county set to berebuilt in new 'safe' location  »  Shanghai Daily BEICHUAN, one of the worst-hit counties in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province, will be rebuilt at a new site in neighboring Anxian County, according to a preliminary plan to be approved by the government. ...
10 Jun 08 visit Experts choose new site for quake-leveled county  »  People's Daily Chinese experts have chosen the new site for Beichuan, the worst-hit county in the May 12 earthquake, in the neighboring Anxian County in southwestern Sichuan Province. The new county seat will be located at the place called Bandeng ...
11 May 09 visit China opens quake-leveled county to mourners for anniversary  »  People's Daily The quake-devastated Beichuan county seat in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened Sunday to residents to mourn the dead ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster. Some 21,000 people, or two-thirds of the county seat's population, were...
10 Jun 08 visit Beichuan's county seat moves to safety  »  Shanghai Daily CHINESE experts have chosen the new site for Beichuan, one of the worst-hit counties in the May 12 earthquake, in the neighboring Anxian County in southwestern Sichuan Province. The new county seat will be located...
17 May 08 visit Soldiers dig out survivor buried in ruins for 117 hrs  »  People's Daily Chinese soldiers dug out a 52-year old man from the ruins in Beichuan county, Sichuan Province, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 117 hours after he was buried underneath collapsed buildings by the May 12 earthquake. The man identified as Ji ...

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