Banks are trying to resume normal operations and provide financial services in quake-affected areas despite huge losses among their local subsidiaries.
The central bank announced further measures yesterday to assist the reconstruction of earthquake-hit regions.
A small city in Sichuan province - Dujiangyan - has caught the world's attention with Premier Wen Jiabao directing relief efforts from here in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquake.
More than 60 km to the northwest of Chengdu, the city of Shifang - called "a shining pearl in West Sichuan" - became a dim casualty of Monday's earthquake.
A young man invites a girl to his home: "Lily, would you like to come to my home to study?" and throws in a bait, "My parents are there." But when the girl arrives, she finds the boy's parents are not at home.
The first Chinese rose I planted weeks ago finally blossomed. With multiple layers of velvet red pedals, the rose has a funny name: Buda Senator. I guess "Buda" is short for "Budapest". But why senator?
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