Chengdu reels from the aftermath
By Huang Zhiling in Chengdu and Wang Zhuoqiong in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-13 07:56
Patients lie on beds in the open after being evacuated from a hospital in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, 100 km away from the epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude quake, yesterday. Xinhua |
A few hours after the earthquake hit Sichuan province at 2:28 pm yesterday, the provincial capital of Chengdu could be seen reeling from one of worst quakes in the country in recent history.
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