As the 12th-grade physics class began on Wednesday afternoon, a few seats were still unoccupied and some of the students were almost asleep.
"Compared with those who lost their lives, I'm really lucky to still have the chance to fight for a better life. I will treasure it. Also, my parents are working really hard to pay my tuition fees; I have no reason to be lazy in the last few moments before the gaokao."
Fujiaying village in Longmen township, just 5 km from Lushan county, the epicenter of Saturday's Ya'an earthquake, has been hailed as a sort of miracle. Not one of the 800 villagers was injured when the earthquake struck, despite massive damage to property in the area.
In normal times, it's the scene of cries and hurrahs, a field of combat for 22 players as two sides attempt to gain victory in 90 minutes.
Editor's note: Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee stood for a moment of silence to mourn the victims of the Lushan earthquake before they delivered six instructions on quake relief on Tuesday.
The villagers, whose homes sustained extensive damage in the quake, received their first shipment of aid - huge quantities of water and instant noodles - on Monday afternoon. More supplies are set to arrive in the days to come.
Although Baoxing was badly hit by Saturday's earthquake, the physical damage in the mountainous county was compounded by a failure of communications, a power outage and roads rendered impassable by fallen rocks. For many hours, Baoxing, just 30 kilometers from the quake's epicenter in Lushan county, was one of the most isolated places in the province.
Zhang Zheng got his first close-up of an aircraft carrier in Portsmouth, England, in 2002.
A storm of excitement swept across Chinese websites after the successful landing and subsequent takeoff of a Shenyang J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet from Liaoning on Nov 23.
If an aircraft carrier can be seen as a micro-society, women must be a minority in terms of numbers. However, in this usually male-dominated world, the female members of the Liaoning's crew, including those from China's ethnic groups, are making their mark.
After being woken in the early morning by his 16,000 chickens crowing in their coops, Pan Jianjing was unable to get back to sleep. Usually a sound sleeper, the 37-year-old breeder's rest has been disrupted by business concerns. The outbreak of the H7N9 strain of bird flu has resulted in the bottom falling out of the market and Pan hasn't sold a chick in the past two weeks.
Cities across China have undertaken mass bird culls and suspended the trade in live poultry to minimize human contact with birds, as the number of cases of the H7N9 strain of bird flu rises daily.
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