Image report°70

A worker looks on as Giant Pandas eat bamboo at a zoo in Beijing Monday, June 2, 2008. Eight pandas has arrived safely in Beijing after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter following the deadly earthquake. The pandas arrived last Saturday to spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special Olympics visit that had been planned long before the quake.(AP)


Children wearing panda costumes express their best wishes to the "Olympic pandas" at the Beijing Zoo June 5, 2008. Eight giant pandas selected by citizens to add cheer to the Beijing Olympics arrived at the zoo from their home in earthquake-devastated Sichuan province on May 24 and met the public on Thursday. REUTERS/China Daily


Workers install a window in a temporary house being built for residents affected by the recent earthquake in Shifang, Sichuan province June 4, 2008.REUTERS/Stringer

Quake causes huge damage to China's cultural relics

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 169 cultural relics sites under state protection and 250 provincial-level ones suffered damages of various degrees during the May 12 quake, official source said Friday.

Of the damaged relics, two were on the World Heritage List, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage said.

In total, 2,766 pieces of relics were damaged, of which 292 were considered very precious, the administration said.

Image report°69

Nine-year-old Xia Xueyin, her face badly bruised from a fall during last week's earthquake, takes photos of her family's damaged home in Hanwang town of China's southwest Sichuan province.


Paramilitary policemen are disinfected after searching for bodies of victims in the earthquake-affected Dujiangyan, Sichuan province May 21, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer


Survivors collected supplies after they were unloaded from a helicopter in Songlin village in Sichuan's Shifang County. Several million survivors were left homeless by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake.Photo: Oded Balilty/Associated Press

Helicopter crashes while on duty in quake zones

CHENGDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A military transport helicopter engaging in quake relief work near the Yingxiu Township, Wenchuan County in Southwest China's Sichuan Province crashed on Saturday afternoon, according to military sources.

A crew of four and 10 injured local residents were on board for transfer when the Mi-171 helicopter with the quake relief troops of the Chengdu Military Area Command crashed at 2:56 p.m., the military sources said.

The helicopter was returning from a mission to carry epidemic prevention experts to Lixian county when it encountered strong turbulence and fog and crashed.

4-magnitude aftershock hits Qingchuan and ...

SICHUAN, May 31 -- A 4-magnitude aftershock hit Qingchuan, Sichuan Province at 14:22 pm Saturday according to Sichuan Seismological Bureau, China News Online reports.



BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- In the 24 hours ending Saturday noon, 215 aftershocks were monitored in southwest China's quake zone, according to the China Seismological Bureau.

No aftershocks above 4.0 on the Richter scale were detected and all the 215 aftershocks were measured below 3.9, the office said, adding that 9,519 aftershocks had been monitored since May 12 when the major quake struck.

The strongest aftershock, with a magnitude of 6.4, hit Qingchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 4:21 p.m. on May 25.

China Seismological Bureau has set up observation stations to continuously monitor diastrophism (deformations in the Earth's crust) and gravitational anomalies within the quake zone.

Video: Sichuan 5;28

Video: Beichuan 5.17

Image report°68:survivors

A five-year-old son arrange his mother's mask as they arrive at a landing point at Zipingba dam from Yingxiu county in Sichuan province, Dujiangyan City, China.


Earthquake surviors who walked more than ten hours to the safe area, climb onto a truck in Dujiangyan, one of the hard-hit cities, of Sichuan Province, China.


In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a Chinese soldier carries a girl to a safer location during an emergency evacuation due to the flooding risks in the quake-hit Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in Monday's powerful temblor

This combination picture of satellite images taken by Taiwan's National Space Organisation (NSPO) shows a lake being formed by landslides caused by the recent earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China. The top picture shows the river in 2006. The second and third image show the lake after the quake. (Formosat image © 2008 Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, National Cheng-Kung University and Dr. An-Ming Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan/Reuters)

170,000 people evacuated from Mianyang, Sichuan

SICHUAN May 30 – Tangjiashan quake lake relief headquarters said today that as of 18:30 pm, another 90,117 people threatened by imprisoned lakes in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province had been evacuated, making the total evacuated residents adding up to 174,708, Xinhua reported.

23 people rescued after being trapped for 16 days

BEIJING May 28 – 23 quake victims were rescued at around 5:52 pm today in Qingping County, Sichuan Province by military helicopters after being trapped for 16 days, according to CNS.

It is disclosed that they were found very weak and have already been sent to local hospitals for treatment.

Image report°67: female survivors

A woman is supported as she is taken out from a quake site, as she mourns for her relatives, who lay, lost among the rubble of a collapsed buildings in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province.


A woman grieves on the grave of her child who was killed in Monday's earthquake at a school in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province


A woman mourns over her relatives in Hanwang town in Sichuan province. A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China.

Roads to 16 towns remain impassable

CHENGDU May 29 – The Sichuan Information Office Director said this afternoon that roads to 16 towns in the hardest hit areas remain impassable, Xinhua reported.

Image report°66 : Home sweet home!

A local resident cooks breakfast in the debris of her collapsed home at earthquake-hit Bikou Township, in China's Gansu province Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Eight people died in the May 12 earthquake at the town.(AP Photo/Color China Photo)


A survivor of the quake slides down from his collapsed house in the earthquake-hit area of Xiange, Sichuan Province May 27, 2008.(Nicky Loh/Reuters)


A woman crosses a damaged bridge following May 12 earthquake in Hanwang town in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday, May 28, 2008.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Video:Chengdu 5.22

Image report°65

One-armed dancer Li Yue visits an injured girl at Tangdu Hospital in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, May 25, 2008. The girl used to love ballet but lost one arm in the deadly quake in Sichuan. (clzg.cn)


A Taiwanese entrepreneur donates about 30,000,000 RMB to the quake victims, which is half of the profit he got from auctioning one of his collections. (cnsphoto)


A soldier points as a helicopter arrives to transport heavy machinery to the Tangjiashan quake lake, in the earthquake-hit area of Leigu town in Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 28, 2008. (Reteuters Photo)

2,410 diagnosed by international medical teams

BEIJING, May 28 -- By May 27, international medical teams from Russia, Japan, Italy, and Germany have diagnosed 2,410 injured people in quake-hit areas, Xinhua News Agency reported.

23 people rescued after being trapped for 16 days

BEIJING May 28 – 23 quake victims were rescued at around 5:52 pm today in Qingping County, Sichuan Province by military helicopters after being trapped for 16 days, according to CNS.

It is disclosed that they were found very weak and have already been sent to local hospitals for treatment.

Image report°64

These handout images from Taiwan's National Space Organisation show before and after photos of a swelling lake created near the epicentre of the devastating Sichuan earthquake. Another 80,000 people will be evacuated from the area near the dangerously swelling lake formed by landslides triggered by this month's massive earthquake, state press reported. (AFP)


An aerial view of Tangjiashan lake (in red box) near Beichuan county May 27, 2008. Troops were digging a diversion channel to prevent the lake from bursting its banks and threatening more misery to millions of people downstream. [China Daily]


In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Tangjiashan quake lake formed by the landslide following the May 12 earthquake near Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province is seen on Monday, May 26, 2008. Chinese officials rushed Tuesday to evacuate another 80,000 people in the path of potential floodwaters building up behind a quake-spawned dam as soldiers carved a channel to try to drain away the threat. (AP Photo/Xinhua)

Red Cross invites audit of earthquake relief purchases

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Red Cross Society of China is inviting the National Audit Office to examine its purchase of around 6,500 tons of grain and 1.7 million mosquito nets destined for quake-hit areas.

The society would organize experts to set standards for procurement of goods, invite the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to inspect items, promptly publish purchase notices on its Website and advertise public tenders, Chen said.

The society had received 2.854 billion yuan in donations as of Tuesday, 654 million yuan has been delivered to quake-hit zones.

Video:Mianyang 5.23

Image report°63

Earthquake survivors wait for supplies as a helicopter is seen landing, in Yingxiu in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 26, 2008. (AP Photo)


Chinese rescue workers carry a body of an earthquake victim in the badly stricken town of Yingxiu, in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 26, 2008. (AP Photo)


Photo taken on May 26, 2008 shows a mother kissing her baby after giving caesarean birth in Mianzhu City of Sichuan. (Xinhua photo)

Image report°62

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. Troy Cullen and Maj. Anthony Davis prepare to land a C-17 Globemaster III at Chengdu Shuangliu International airport in China, May 18, 2008. The United States Pacific Command support of earthquake relief efforts was authorized by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in support of the U.S. State Department. The C-17 pilots are assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais


Earthquake relief supplies from the United States are unloaded at the Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, China, May 18, 2008.


Soldiers flee to higher ground during an aftershock in Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the earthquake, Sichuan province, May 16, 2008. Picture taken May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Sheng Li

Video:YINGXIU 5.24

Image report°61

Photo taken on May 25, 2008 shows a previously missing giant panda found by a soldier in Wolong. (cnsphoto)

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's square during the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, May 25, 2008. The Pontiff is urging people to help those suffering from China's earthquake. Benedict XVI was greeting Chinese pilgrims in St. Peter's Square Sunday when he prayed for the tens of thousands of Chinese who perished in the quake. (AP Photo)

n this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Mig-26 helicopter swings an excavator to the quake lake in Tangjiashan, Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday, May 26, 2008.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Wei)

Image report°61

This combined photo shows Liao Bo(L) receives emergent medical treatment under the ruins of Beichuan High School in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008 and he (R) who was transfered to Nantong Hospital in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China on May 18, holds flowers in the hospital, May 24, 2008. Liao Bo, who loses his left crus during the quake, celebrated his 17th birthday in the hospital on Saturday.(Xinhua Photo)


Huang Yan, deputy general engineer of the center, observes a pregnant Panda at the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 23, 2008. The May 12 earthquake killed five staff at the Wolong-based China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center. Three of 10 pandas that went missing have not been found. The center has 60 pandas now. (Xinhua Photo)

videoHorrible review of earthquake 5.12

Image report°60

Chinese soldiers turn around as a helicopter takes off in the earthquake-hit town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan county, in China's Sichuan Province.


A Chinese soldier scattered disinfectant onto the ruins of a high school in Beichuan County as part of an effort by the government to prevent illness.
Photo: Jason Lee/Reuters


Chinese soldiers turn around as a helicopter takes off in the earthquake-hit town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan county, in China's Sichuan Province.


Chinese soldiers applies medical oil during their break after searching for earthquake survivors and victims at a collapsed school in Beichuan county, Southwestern of Sichuan province, China, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides

Image report°59

People run during an aftershock that shook the town of Chenjiaba in the earthquake-hit area of Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 25, 2008.


Chinese locals receive water supply at their earthquake refugee camp in Leigu, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Beichuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province, Sunday, May 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)


An injured earthquake victim is carried out of a train at a railway station in Kunming, Yunnan Province， May 22, 2008. (China Daily/Reuters)

Relief materials are dropped over the earthquake-hit Qingchuan County, Sichuan province May 24, 2008. Picture taken May 24, 2008.(Reuters/Stringer)

Tibet sends epidemic prevention team to Sichuan

LHASA, May 25 -- Tibet sent a second medical team on Sunday to the quake-hit area of neighboring Sichuan Province for epidemic prevention. The team of 16 people brought 500,000 yuan (71,428.6 U.S. dollars) worth of drugs and equipment, in addition to three vehicles, and will work in hard-hit Maoxian County, according to Xinhua.

Magnitude 6.4 aftershock hits Qingchuan County in Sichuan

BEIJING, May 25 - A 6.4-magnitude aftershock hit Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province 4:21 p.m. this afternoon, with a significant shake felt in Chengdu, according to Xinhuan News Agency.

Image report°58

Medical personnel move an injured earthquake victim into a train for transfer to another city for better medical treatment, at the railway station in Mianyang, southwestern Sichuan province, China Saturday, May 24, 2008. Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday as the government sharply raised the death toll and warned it could exceed 80,000.


Earthquake survivors receive medical treatment from a Russian medical team in the city of Pangzhou, northwest of Chengdu in China's Sichuan province May 23, 2008. More than 55,000 people were killed and 290,000 injured in an massive earthquake in Sichuan May 12, with 24,900 still missing, government reported on Friday. (Reteuters Photo)


A general view shows a partially damaged building being demolished at the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan, Sichuan province May 22, 2008. Picture taken May 22, 2008. (China Daily)

Image report°57

Rebuilding homes and infrastructure in southwestern China will take three years, the government said. In a camp for survivors in Mianzhu, a child played with a paper airplane. Photo: Oded Balilty/Associated Press


More than 5,000 health care workers have been sent to the region hit in China by the massive earthquake to try to prevent survivors from becoming ill. Survivors from Hongbai, in Shifang County, have set up a camp near the railroad tracks in Sichuan Province. Photo: David Guttenfelder/Associated Press


Chinese railway workers walked along tracks in Hongbai near a chemical plant that was destroyed by the earthquake. Photo: David Guttenfelder/Associated Press

Image report°56

Pictures of students who was killed in last week's deadly earthquake are seen during a memorial service at a primary school in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 23, 2008. Parents held a memorial ceremony for the more than 130 students killed when their school collapsed in a massive earthquake on May 12.


A mother holds a picture of her son who was killed in last week's deadly earthquake during a memorial service at a primary school in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday.


Young girls who survive last week's earthquake play among clothing that was donated at an earthquake refugees camp in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province.