Across China: Sichuan

Quake town out-of-bounds

Downtown Yingxiu, the worst-hit township in last year's 8.0-magnitude earthquake, was closed to people yesterday to allow for reconstruction.

Wu Kaiming, chief of the publicity department with Wenchuan county committee, said all organizations and individuals must acquire special permits before entering the area. The closure will last to Jan 31, 2010.