Sichuan earthquake

Allegations of corruption emerge amid speedy...
Chen Yonggao, right, says local officials in Shehong county, Sichuan province, faked quake damage to receive subsidies from the national government. (Kentaro Koyama)
June 09, 2012
SHEHONG, China—Chinese government officials may point to the houses and streets of Mingxing town in Shehong county in Sichuan province, and boast about the rapid recovery...
Victims worry despite speedy rebuilding after...
The ruins of the town of Yingxiu, devastated by the Sichuan earthquake three years ago, is preserved as a tourist attraction. (Photo by Nozomu Hayashi)
May 21, 2011
CHENGDU, China--On the third anniversary on May 12 of an earthquake in Sichuan that left close to 90,000 people either dead or missing, what used to be a massive corn field on...
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