Overseas Chinese support homeland

Overseas Chinese have expressed their fears and condolences for families, friends and countrymen in Sichuan, the province worst hit by Monday's deadly earthquake.

Xia Yao, who is studying at a university in California in the United States, said: "I tried calling my family in China several times as soon as I heard the news. But I couldn't reach them."

Xia is from Guang'an in Sichuan province, which is located about 200 km from the quake's epicenter.