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Premier urges full efforts to reduce deaths, injuries
2013-04-23 06:58
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged relief workers in Sichuan's earthquake zone to focus on treating the wounded while making more efforts to prevent secondary disasters and potential epidemic incidents.
Survivors rally to help rescuers
2013-04-23 02:01
Earthquake survivors in Sichuan are rallying to help others, with supplies of drinking water urgently needed.
Expert calls for rational volunteering, donations
2013-04-23 01:41
Volunteers without specific training are encouraged not to jump into disaster centers and should save their efforts for post-disaster recovery, an expert said.
Ethnic groups quick to join rescue efforts
2013-04-23 01:38
At about 6 am on Monday, as a drizzle fell, Sitenpo started a new day by rushing to a tent near the Longmen town government to await a daily meeting following Saturday's earthquake.
Team treks to keep villages healthy
2013-04-23 01:28
Carrying a big bag of sterilizing equipment weighing more than 30 kg, Zhang Biao was on his way to a village near Longmen township, Ya'an, at noon on Monday. He felt tired, and sweat poured down his face.
Rescuers hike to cut-off towns
2013-04-22 07:03
Yang Renyi, president of the No 37 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, led a group of more than 30 medical professionals toward Baoxing, a county which was damaged by the magnitude-7 earthquake Saturday.
Harley fans hit the streets for quake victims
2013-04-21 21:35
More than 70 Harley motorcycle enthusiasts joined cyclists in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Sunday to raise funds for earthquake victims in Sichuan.
Enterprises promise fund to quake relief
2013-04-20 18:43
After the earthquake hit Ya’an, Sichuan province, Chinese enterprises, both Stated-owned and private, have promised to donate relief items and fund to support the rescue efforts.
Robots join rescue in quake zone
2013-04-21 20:09
Three types of disaster relief robots have been dispatched to quake-hit areas in the country's Southwest Sichuan province, according to the Shenyang Institute of Automation on Sunday.
Rescuers trying to reach every household
2013-04-21 18:15
Military and civilian rescue teams are struggling to reach every household in Lushan and neighboring counties of southwest China's Sichuan Province, badly hit by Saturday's strong earthquake.
Official explains difficulties in quake rescue
2013-04-21 17:00

Frequent aftershocks and scattered victims are making search and rescue work following the Ya’an earthquake more difficult than the quake in 2008, said Xie Wuzhong, director of the political department of the Sichuan provincial military command, in a comment to CRI Online.
Veteran rescuers lead dogs to Sichuan
2013-04-21 14:04
Zou Yu, a trainer for rescue dogs went to the earthquake-stricken areas with his two dogs in Sichuan on Sunday.

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