One year after the devastating earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province on May 12, Shanghai Daily runs a special column in remembrance of the 8-magnitude earthquake, the most powerful to strike China since 1949. It will detail how people's lives have changed over the past 365 days, where the reconstruction projects now stand and what people expect for the future.
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Shanghai remembers...
2009-5-13
A YEAR ago yesterday the ground trembled in Shanghai, shaking high rises and sending fearful residents and office workers into the streets, wondering what act of man or nature had so completely unsettled their sense...
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2009-5-13The nation mourns...
2009-5-13Beichuan memories as thousands pay tribute
2009-5-13New beginnings offer hope of future happiness
2009-5-12Progress on prevention
2009-5-12Thousands stop to remember at 2:28pm
2009-5-12Parents grieve for their lost children
2009-5-12City's donations to be spent on 8 projects
2009-5-12'You are the future,' writes Wen
Date: May 12, 2008
Magnitude: 8.0 Ms
Depth: 19 kilometers
Epicenter: 31.021N 103.367E
Deaths: 69,225
Missing: 17,923
Injured: 374,640
Donation: 56.9 billion yuan
Latest available figures by June, 2008
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After Quake
- 2009-5-13The nation mourns...
- 2009-5-13New beginnings offer hope of future happiness
- 2009-5-12Progress on prevention
- 2009-5-12Parents grieve for their lost children
- 2009-5-12City's donations to be spent on 8 projects