Yushu orphans arrive in capital for counseling

BEIJING - The first group of children from an orphanage in quake-hit Yushu of Northwest China's Qinghai province has arrived in Beijing for psychological treatment that will last three months.

The group of 15 orphans, aged between 9 and 17, along with two Tibetan teachers, are all physically well, Sun Leina of China Charities Aid Foundation for Children told China Daily on Wednesday.

"They smiled and spoke a bit when I received them at the Beijing West Railway Station on Tuesday afternoon," she said.