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After the lines were cut by heavy-rain-caused mudslides along the upper reaches of Minjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River and a water source for the provincial capital,for more than 24 hours in Chengdu areas, water supply facilities have finally been fixed. Thousands of families in the disaster-hit-province of Sichuan now are able to [...]
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BEIJING, June 25 2009
(Xinhua) — Poor farmers in areas of southwest China struck by a massive earthquake in May 2008 face financial problems in rebuilding their homes, an official said here Wednesday.
Zhang Ping, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country’s top economic planning body, said some impoverished [...]
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2009-06-25 09:28By Tan Yingzi (China Daily)
Ever since her house was destroyed in the massive earthquake last year, Wang Xianqiong, who once owned a beauty salon in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, has been staying in a makeshift shelter with her disabled husband and college-going son.
Though the government has promised its share in helping quake victims build [...]