Lasting legacies from Wenchuan to Yushu

By Guan Xiaomeng and Chen Ziyan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-05-12 11:25

As China is marking the two-year anniversary to remember the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake one month after the devastating tremor in Yushu of Qinghai this year, the lasting legacies of the disasters should be remembered as well.

Yingxiu moves forward

After two years, Wenchuan is marking the second anniversary of the devastating 2008 earthquake in Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Full story]

High-speed rail to bring in new era for Chengdu after quake

A 65-kilometer high-speed railway linking Chengdu and Dujiangyan in Sichuan province went into operation Wednesday on the second anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake. [Full story]

Quake-hit Dujiangyan's GDP to grow 15% this year

Dujiangyan, a city in Sichuan province that was ravaged by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan on May 12, 2008, expects a gross domestic product growth of more than 15 percent in 2010. [Full story]

Sichuan lessons applied in Yushu

When volunteer Hao Nan arrived in Sichuan on May 20, 2008 - eight days after an 8-magnitude earthquake hit the province - he quickly discovered that the truckloads of clothes he had brought with him were largely useless. Survivors in the disaster zone had enough clothes; what they desperately needed were more supplies for women and children.

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Editorial: Rising from the ruins

When volunteer Hao Nan arrived in Sichuan on May 20, 2008 - eight days after an 8-magnitude earthquake hit the province - he quickly discovered that the truckloads of clothes he had brought with him were largely useless. Survivors in the disaster zone had enough clothes; what they desperately needed were more supplies for women and children.

In the wake of that experience, Hao, a doctor at Peking University Hospital in Beijing, founded an Internet group using QQ, an online instant messaging service, dedicated exclusively to sharing information about post-earthquake aid. [Full story]

Yushu: Snapping back to life

Six children who survived the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province two years ago may have lost everything but their lives, but they are starting to rediscover their childhood through the lens of a camera.

The six children, aged between 8 and 14, who were orphaned by the quake, have shot over 10,000 photographs recording their post-quake lives in less than a year. Now 60 of their photographs have been selected for an exhibition in Beijing. [Full story]

Wenchuan incomes exceed before disaster

Even as reconstruction efforts is still continuing in Wenchuan county, local residents' income has exceeded the pre-disaster level. [Full story]