China sends more copters to quake-hit area
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Xiao Fuhua, 33, whose wife and three children are in Liangshan, an area in southern Sichuan Province that is not supposed to be hard hit, said he had been unable to reach his family at all. (article 1)
" I was told there was no signal in Sichuan because of the earthquake said Mr. Xiao, who earns about $120 a month as a construction worker in Tianjin, east of Beijing. (article 1)
(CNN) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday ordered 90 more helicopters for rescue missions in Sichuan province, adding urgency to the massive relief operations under way since Monday's devastating earthquake in southwest China (article 3)
As news of the earthquake in China broke on Monday, local Chinese and other area residents with ties to the country responded quickly. (article 2)
Jimmy Chen, a businessman in Puyallup and co-chairman of the Washington State-Sichuan Province Friendship Association, was trying to organize a team of disaster-relief experts and rescue dogs to leave possibly as soon as today. (article 2)
" Last year, I had the honor of hosting a delegation from Sichuan on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of our sister-state relationship Gregoire said in a statement. (article 2)
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Other stories about earthquake, China and Sichuan:
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earthquake, China, Sichuan, Province, Chinese |
Source articles
- Sichuan’s Migrant Sprawl Now a Network of Worry (nytimes.com, 05/15/2008, 624 words)
- China quake prompts local efforts to help out (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/13/2008, 291 words)
- China sends more copters to quake-hit area (CNN, 05/14/2008, 34 words)
- China sends more copters to quake-hit area (CNN, 05/15/2008, 33 words)
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