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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