Cold weather is hampering rescue efforts after an earthquake in China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces that killed at least 118 people and injured more than 500.
The strong shallow earthquake struck shortly before midnight on Monday, sending residents fleeing outside into below-freezing temperatures. Thousands of houses have been reported damaged, and state media said public infrastructure had been damaged “to varying degrees”.
The death toll rose on Tuesday morning as rescuers reached affected areas. Gansu authorities said 105 people had died in the province, with 397 people injured. Qinghai reported 13 dead, 182 injured, and 20 still missing.
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I think Malaysia very lucky to have Anwar as pm.....imagine if Malaysia has someone like Marcos jr as leader, Malaysia will be in very difficult situation with china. And that would be terrible for race relations between Chinese and malays
IDQWE001, since you dislike China so much, I suggest you don't waste your time here because only very, very few people would read your comments. You should instead post your comments on Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. Of course if you spew out too much venom, your toxic comments won't be published. You can also try to post on The Guardian.
CCP and its supporters are sensitive and fragile, any news would link to politics. should you like to hear only one voice it is better for you to visit CCP website. For sure there is one voice.
"CCP and its supporters are sensitive and fragile...." You have no right to talk about this when almost all your posts were devoted to China bashing. Try to get some more balanced views from Kishore Mahbubani, George Yeo or Jeffrey Sachs.
I was only suggesting to you that if you want your anti China views read by more people, you should post your comments on the forums provided by the two newspapers. If your post your comments here, hardly a dozen people would read them.
I was only suggesting to you that if you don't want to hear different voice it is better for you to read only The People Daily and visit CCP website. For sure there is no different voice.
China earthquake: rescue efforts hampered by cold weather Officials say at least 126 killed and more than 500 injured after 6.2-magnitude quake in Gansu and Qinghai provinces
Cold weather is hampering rescue efforts after an earthquake in China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces that killed at least 126 people and injured more than 500.
The strong shallow earthquake struck shortly before midnight on Monday, sending residents fleeing outside into below-freezing temperatures. Thousands of houses have been reported damaged, and state media said public infrastructure had been damaged “to varying degrees”.
IDQWE007, if you think only the main stream Western media are truthful, you should check with Jeffrey Sachs, a well known US university professor. Saddam Hussein certainly possessed weapons of mass destruction didn't he? Don't be naive to think that only the Chinese media are mendacious.
The death toll rose on Tuesday morning as rescuers reached affected areas. Gansu authorities said 113 people had died in the province, with 397 people injured. Qinghai reported 13 dead, 182 injured, and 20 still missing.
It is the deadliest earthquake in China since the 2010 Yushu quake hit Gansu and Qinghai, which measured 6.9 and killed at least 2,698 people.
State media characterised the rescue effort as a “race against time” because of a cold wave sweeping across China. The high-altitude area where the earthquake hit reported temperatures of -14C on Tuesday morning.
“Based on past rescues, the biggest difficulty of this operation is the local low temperature,” said Wang Duo, a team leader from the Gansu Houtian disaster rescue centre, according to China News Weekly.
Photos and videos posted by a student at Lanzhou University showed students hastily leaving a dormitory building and standing outside with long down jackets over their pajamas.
“The earthquake was too intense,” said Wang Xi, the student who posted the images. “My legs went weak, especially when we ran downstairs from the dormitory.”
the secret of success of china is whole country approach . No one can do it better than the CCP. As in natural disasters, Sichuan earthquake, covid and Huawei escape from the mountain. ...and growth of EV and green energy. , HSR, bridges, roads , tunnels and infras.
RESCUERS dug through rubble for a second freezing day today after overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, with the death toll in China’s deadliest earthquake in years rising to 131.
State broadcaster CCTV said at least 113 people were killed in north-western Gansu province and 18 more in neighbouring Qinghai after a shallow tremor on Monday night damaged thousands of buildings.
"prudentinvestor, you are welcome to open any forum topic that you are interested in." Indeed I would. Since you think Chinese lives are more precious and you are very concerned about their well being, you should stop posting rubbish here and immediately go to Gansu to help the injured.
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"prudentinvestor, you are welcome to open any forum topic that you are interested in." Indeed I would. Since you think Chinese lives are more precious and you are very concerned about their well being, you should stop posting rubbish here and immediately go to Gansu to help the injured.
It was not immediately clear whether the search in Qinghai had ended or not.
In Gansu, more than 207,000 homes were wrecked and nearly 15,000 houses collapsed, affecting more than 145,000 people. More than 128,000 emergency supply items including tents, quilts, tent lights and folding beds, were delivered while food such as steamed buns and instant noodles were provided to the victims.
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Cold weather is hampering rescue efforts after an earthquake in China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces that killed at least 118 people and injured more than 500. The strong shallow earthquake struck shortly before midnight on Monday, sending residents fleeing outside into below-freezing temperatures. Thousands of houses have been reported damaged, and state media said public infrastructure had been damaged “to varying degrees”. The death toll rose on Tuesday morning as rescuers reached affected areas. Gansu authorities said 105 people had died in the province, with 397 people injured. Qinghai reported 13 dead, 182 injured, and 20 still missing.