Slideshow of mourning activity for Yushu throughout China from Xinhua and chinadaily.com.cn reporters
Cultural relics in quake-hit Yushu were seriously damaged, with two key cultural relics under state protection totally collapsing and other provincial heritage conservation units seriously damaged.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday paid a silent tribute in Beijing to the victims of the earthquake in northwest China.
At least 1,000 people gathered in front of the town hall in Gyegu township in today's morning to mourn those who were killed in last week's devastating earthquake
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday that emergency shelters and new homes in Northwest China's Qinghai province quake zone took priority in spending donations
The Chinese people continued to donate for the quake-hit zone in Northwest China's Qinghai province on April 21, while getting ready for a nationwide mourning for those killed in the April 14 earthquake on Wednesday
Around ruins and tents, and in cities and the vast countryside, survivors, rescuers and people around the nation will together mourn the quake victims on Wednesday.
Two girls grimace in front of the camera at a temporary shelter in Yushu prefecture of Qinghai province, April 21, 2010.
Several hundred entertainment stars gathered to attract donations for earthquake-hit Yushu county during a China Central Television Station telethon on Tuesday evening.
The National Audit Office (NAO) has vowed to strengthen its supervision of aid in Yushu, after it claimed back 300 million yuan ($44 million) of misappropriated funds that had been allocated for reconstruction in Sichuan province, which was hit by an 8.0 magnitude quake in 2008.
YUSHU, Qinghai - An emergency dispatch of 200 doses of rabies vaccine arrived in northwest China's quake-hit area on Tuesday, as more than 10 people have been bitten by Tibetan mastiffs, according to the health department of the rescue headquarters.
The State Council, China's cabinet, announced that a national day of mourning would be held on Wednesday for the quake victims.
Progress: Plague prevention stepped up Rabies vaccine arrives
Frontline: Relief goods distributed in orderly manner
Difficulties: Quake zone battles snow, rain
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