An Unnecessary Tragedy
Better building codes could have saved lives in China.
Better building codes could have saved lives in China.
The Chinese authorities have sent 50,000 troops to the region, but they are struggling to reach the three counties at the mountainous heart of the worst tremor to hit China in 32 years.
An earthquake kills several thousand people in China, as authorities try to react fast.
State media: Death toll in China earthquake climbs to nearly 12,000; countless remain missing.
China was last night facing the fallout from its worst natural disaster in three decades.
As dawn crept across the shattered town of Dujiangyan, the site of a school collapse became a center of mourning.
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