Ding Yishu says her reconstructed hometown is no different from the European settlements she has seen on TV. But that wasn't the case before the 2008 earthquake devastated her native Wenchuan county, which sits atop the epicenter of the disaster that left up to 90,000 dead or missing.
Ma Qian'guo is thrilled to see Luobo, China's oldest Qiang ethnic village, rise from the rubble.
The Wenchuan earthquake has a dual legacy in Yingxiu that has been set in concrete. The devastating 2008 temblor showed a disaster's ability to obliterate buildings and then a building's ability to withstand disaster. When it was rebuilt, Yingxiu became a national demonstration site for quake-resistant construction in Sichuan province.
Yan Ke and his new wife laughed and cheered as they flew a kite in a spacious public park in Dujiangyan, a city famous for China's oldest irrigation system, Taoism and pandas.
It was an early Sunday morning in spring, but Huang Li couldn't wait to get to work - the first day at her new shoe-shine stall in Gaoqiao residential community.
Bringing the Wenchuan quake zone's past back into focus to zoom in on the future.
The Wenchuan quake zone has surged forward every year since the 2008 disaster.
Strong Pig is enjoying middle age - that's 6 for a swine - especially since she lost enough weight to walk again.
The destruction of the earthquake led to the building of Mianzhu People's Hospital's rehabilitation capacity, its staff says.
As a child, there was nothing Tang Xuemei wanted more than to walk out of her remote village locked in the mountains of Southwest China. She longed to see what was in the cities and towns.
Cai Sheng's time working with people disabled in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake was meant to end last year, but he was not ready to leave. So he refused.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
