India - China: Relations And Developments-2

[Husky]

On the news they said that 20,000 people were dead (my mum read that it was 30,000) and they said that it was estimated that the figures may be as high as 50,000 or even more. Unspeakable tragedy. Very distressing scenes of poor women crying about their children and little kids wounded horribly.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The official Xinhua News Agency said 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province after the 7.8-magnitude quake.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->News reporter said the entire place is history now. And from the images, all I could see was building rubble.

Chinese people are coming from other provinces in huge numbers and even returning from other countries to help. (Confucian teachings on the importance of society.)