There can be broken lives and broken dreams, but there can't be broken promises - at least not when the rescue team of the Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) is involved.
A colleague and I left our school in Chengdu on May 15 for Qingchuan county to find out how we could help the children in the earthquake-hit areas. Two teachers from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region joined us the next day. They had covered some 1,000 km on motorbikes, living on a bagful of steamed buns.
I was invited to a hospital caring for children saved from the Sichuan earthquake. They have had amputations and needed aid both physically and emotionally.
Bi Shumin, 56, was a doctor for 20 years before becoming a renowned writer. Her novels such as Red Prescription and Salvaging Breasts focus on her medical experience, psychology and death.
After the earthquake on May 12, we seem to have forgotten about time and didn't realize that it would soon be the Children's Day. How would the children who have lost their homes, classrooms and relatives spend their festival? Will it be sunny and joyful?
PARIS: Roland Garros seeds David Nalbandian and James Blake were sent crashing out of the French Open at the second-round stage yesterday.
PARIS: China's Zheng Jie gave her hopes of playing in the singles tournament at the Olympic Games a major boost on Wednesday when she became the only Chinese player left in the French Open by reaching the second round.
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