Farmers in China quake zone struggle for funds to rebuild homes

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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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Quake victims still waiting for decent roofs

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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 [...]

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