China sends counseling posters to quake survivors

China will give subsidies to hospitals out of southwestern Sichuan, those which are receiving and treating injured quake victims in the province, 28,000 yuan (4,058 U.S. dollars) each. This was decided by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of ...

Tangjiashan, the "quake lake" in China's Sichuan Province, is likely to be drained soon, today or thereafter. T he timing of actually draining the lake, will be decided by water inflows from its upper reaches, said Liu Ning, Ministry of Water ...

Chinese officials have rejected allegations that schools toppled by the Sichuan earthquake were poorly constructed. The government is mobilizing police to maintain order in Sichuan after hundreds of parents who lost children in the quake held ...

Sharon Stone apologizes for remark on China quake The lake was formed above the devastated town of Beichuan after rocks and soil blocked the route of the Tongkou river. Xinhua reported that water was still more than four feet below a diversion ...

Mr Wen, who has been very visible since the devastating May 12 earthquake in south-west Sichuan province, flew by helicopter to the lake at Tangjiashan soon after arriving in the disaster zone, Xinhua news agency said. "Now it's a critical moment ...

Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 69,127 nationwide as of Thursday noon, while 373,612 people ...

China has sent 60,000 picture posters to quake areas in an effort to help with the psychological counseling work of traumatized survivors. The posters, drawn and printed under the organization of the Health Ministry, fall into three categories....

About 51 percent of quake-affected enterprises, including those already back into operation, would be able to resume production within a month, officials with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Thursday. "We estimate ...

The 'quake lakes' formed in the mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan following landslides occurring after the earthquakes last month. Premier Wen Jiabao On his third visit since the national disaster, Mr Wen met with local ground troops and ...

trong quake jolts SW China The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has briefed the media on China's relief work after the earthquake and planning for post-disaster reconstruction. Vice Minister, Qi Ji, says 26,000 makeshift houses have ...