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An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 M s [ 5 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] (7.9–8.3 M w ), [ 1 ] [ 6 ] the earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu , the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi). [ 6 ]
a transport plane carrying 30 tonnes of relief material from Russia arrived in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu on 14 May 2008, becoming the first batch of international aid to reach China. Another 100 tonnes of goods will arrive on three flights in the coming days. In addition, a 49-member rescue team will be sent to assist the rescue effort.
The extent of the earthquake. After the May 12, 2008 earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan, there were a series of allegations of corruption against officials involved in the construction of schools in regions affected by the quake. It gained momentum in May and June 2008, and the allegations culminated in protests from grieving parents ...
The stimulus includes plans to rebuild areas damaged by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. [1]The 2008–09 Chinese economic stimulus plan (simplified Chinese: 扩大内需十项措施; traditional Chinese: 擴大內需十項措施; pinyin: Kuòdà Nèixū Shíxiàng Cuòshī) was a RMB¥ 4 trillion (US$586 billion) stimulus package aiming to minimize the impact of the Great Recession on the economy ...
The documentary covers the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake on May 12, which killed around 70,000 people—of which 10,000 were children, many of whom were killed when their schools collapsed.
On 12 May 2008, the Qiang people were heavily affected by the 8.0 magnitude 2008 Sichuan earthquake. With 69,142 total deaths, and 17,551 missing, [ 12 ] over 30,000 of the people killed were ethnic Qiang (10 percent of the total Qiang population).
Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign (Chinese: 演藝界512關愛行動) was a major fundraising concert held in Hong Kong for the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.The concert was held on June 1, 2008, and began at 2:28pm, the time the earthquake had struck Sichuan on May 12.
Tangjiashan Lake (Chinese: 唐家山堰塞湖, literally "Tang's Mountain landslide dam-created lake") is a landslide dam-created lake on the Jian River, which was formed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. [1] Its name comes from the nearby mountain Tangjiashan. On May 24, 2008, the water level rose by 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in a single day ...