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Sichuan reopens to tourists, full recovery by 2010

Date: 2008-6-19 20:28:00 by coconut Tags: Sichuan Travel

Dujiangyan Irrigation Project

He Ping, a 52-year-old taxi driver in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, sent a passenger to the Lidui Park in this city 48 km northwest of Chengdu early Sunday morning.
When he found the park which is home to Dujiangyan, the world's oldest irrigation project still in operation, was open to visitors free of charge, he made a quick visit to the site of the project on the World Cultura

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China struggles to reopen roads in quake area

Date: 2008-5-28 20:30:00 by iris Tags: Sichuan Earthquake

Earthquake Relief

Chendu -- China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government said Wednesday that rebuilding after the disaster would be "arduous."

The magnitude 7.9 quake that struck May 12 sent dirt and rocks tumbling into valleys, blocking roads to hinder relief efforts and clogging rivers that have developed into fast-rising lakes

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China aftershocks may continue for months: expert

Date: 2008-5-27 20:44:00 by cactus Tags: Sichuan Earthquake

Sichuan Earthquake

The aftershocks following May 12 earthquake that devastated southwest China are likely to continue for two or three months, said an expert on seismology.

"Judging from previous earthquakes of a similar magnitude, this time the aftershocks may last for two or three months, and it's not relatively long," said He Yongnian, former deputy director of China Seismological Bure

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