A world full of sounds of silence

More than 1,000 journalists from around the world have been braving frequent aftershocks, landslides and other dangers in Sichuan.

All that only to keep us up-to-date, for instance, on how the local people struggle to pick up the pieces and what major battles are being waged to eliminate secondary disasters in the earthquake-struck areas.

They have to work hard and explore deeper, because the readers outside have an almost insatiable appetite especially for personal stories of the survivors.