Survivors still have a mountain to climb
By Erik Nilsson | China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-14 07:38
Wang Huiqiong stands outside what would have been her family-run guesthouse on April 28 in Qingping township of Mianzhu, Sichuan province. She and her husband spent 60,000 yuan ($8,800) to build it, but the property was destroyed during the May 12 earthquake. Erik Nilsson |
Wang Huiqiong and her husband were on the verge of opening a guesthouse when the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province ripped their lives apart. They had spent 60,000 yuan ($8,800) to built it, borrowing the money from a bank and various relatives.
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