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Hailstones gather on a tent in quake-hit Gyegu township inYushu,Qinghaiprovince, April 20, 2010. A sudden shower of hailstones hit Gyegu at noon on Tuesday, bringing yet more challenges to the quake rescue efforts there. The temperature changed quickly, with rain showers but mostly sunny day on Tuesday morning, China Daily reported. [Zhang Jin and Zuo Likun/chinadaily.com.cn]
The Publicity Department of Qinghai Provincial Government said on Monday they have not received any confirmations from the quake-relief headquarters on the death of a reporter, the Guangzhou Daily reported Tuesday.
Harsh snowstorms have hit disaster relief supplies after a number of vehicles overturned while on their way to quake-hit Yushu prefecture of Qinghai province.
Shanghai World Expo Park is going on trial operation from Tuesday to Sunday, with five comprehensive drills to be performed during the period, the Yangtse Evening Post reported Tuesday.
The growing popularity of computers, cell phones and printers, have seen handwritten Chinese characters gradually disappearing from the daily life of Chinese people, especially among the younger ones. A recent survey done by China Youth Daily showed 83 percent of the respondents have experienced forgetting how to write a Chinese character when given a pen.
Law and order in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture after the earthquake can be guaranteed, said Fan Yulong, chief of staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Yushu, in an exclusive by China Daily.
The identity of a dead reporter is still unconfirmed, a source from the rescue headquarters in Yushu said.
The city of Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, planned to invest about 12 billion yuan ($1.76 billion) in rebuilding its ancient walls and adding four new museums, the Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
The price of pork continues to fall for the 14th week, causing an overall loss of production, according to the statistics issued by National Development and Reform Commission last Friday.
China is expected to have a batch of multinational companies and global brands by 2020, when the country's foreign trade volume will double its current size to reach $5.3 trillion.
Rescue teams are still sparing no efforts to try to find more survivors in every corner of the devastated town of Yushu, six days after the 7.1 magnitude jolted the area.
Fan Yulong, the chief commander of Yushu paramilitary police, told Chinadaily that no death or escape was reported in Yushu Detention Center, the only prison damaged during the 7.1-magnitude earthquake. More than 100 supectss have been transferred to safety.
