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Worsening weather conditions began taking a toll on the frantic rescue efforts in quake-hit Yushu as it resulted in icy roads on the summit of Ela mountain and further traffic jams where vehicles were allowed to drive on one side.
The flow of traffic into Yushu is still under pressure six days after the 7.1 quake jolted the area.
A former party secretary of a poor county in Yunnan province was sentenced by a local court to 18 years in jail for corruption and taking bribes of 5 million yuan and properties worth more than 10 million yuan, the Kunming Daily reported Sunday.
Traffic between Xining to quake-hit Yushu is flowing smoothly despite temperatures falling to zero centigrade mixed with snow and rain.
Hubei's provincial party secretary Luo Qingquan will lead a delegation to Taiwan to promote business, technological and cultural cooperation on Monday at Taiwan's invitation.
The post-disaster reconstruction of quake-hit Yushu in Northwest China's Qinghai province is already on the agenda, and an eco-tourism plateau city is expected to be built in the future, even as relief work is still ongoing.
The promotion song for the Shanghai World Expo has been banned after becoming embroiled in a copyright row, according to a spokesman for the coordination bureau.
A local Red Cross official asked medical workers and rescuers not to swarm to quake-hit Yushu as enough people have been working there.
Light to moderate snow is forecast for the quake-devastated Yushu County in Qinghai Province, according to the Bureau of Meteorology of Qinghai Sunday.
A flurry of snow hit the Tibetan Autonomous Region of Yushu in northwestern China's Qinghai Province Saturday noon, aggravating the misery endured by survivors of the earthquake.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was not affected by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Yushu County of Qinghai Province, said Wang Zhiguo, vice minister of railways, at a press conference in Beijing Saturday.
China is organizing a team of experts to assess the possibility of a marmot plague in Yushu, as an official said on Friday the possibility is increasing due to the quake.
