Residents of Tibet's regional capital Lhasa have donated so much tsamba to the quake-stricken Yushu in the neighboring Qinghai Province over the past week that many stores selling the Tibetan staple food have run out of it.
YUSHU, Qinghai - If you think people living in this remote agricultural region are media-shy, think again.
A Sichuan-based Tibetan temple donated 11.27 million yuan to quake-hit Yushu county on Friday. The monks have also been praying and chanting for the residents.
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YUSHU, Qinghai - Local Tibetan monks and others have defended the option of cremating victims killed in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on March 14 as a practice conforming to religious and traditional custom.
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The Chinese government is "trying its best" to look for families for orphans in the Qinghai quake zone while trying to give them special care, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province on April 14 has climbed to 2,192, the rescue headquarters said late Friday.
The Hong Kong SAR government Friday allocated 100 million HK dollars (12.89 million U.S. dollars) from the Disaster Relief Fund to China's northwestern Qinghai Province to provide emergency relief to earthquake victims there.
After days of repair, water authorities have completed an emergency water supply project in Anchong town, the last one in Yushu county.
Banks and other financial institutions will guarantee the necessary financial support for quake relief efforts in Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Buddhist monks trust the government to rebuild the quake-hit zone in northwest China and will offer help when necessary, a senior monk in Yushu said Friday.
Epidemic prevention personnel are closely monitoring rabies, anthrax and other contagious diseases capable of animal-to-human transfer in quake-hit Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province.