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30th anniversary of Tangshan earthquake
30th anniversary of Tangshan earthquake
Tangshan was said to have been erased from the face of the Earth after an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale flattened the centry-old industrial base in 1976. However, after three decades of rebuilding, it stands again as a vigorous city.
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¡¤ President Hu visits city rebuilt on earthquake ruins
Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Hu Jintao visited Tangshan, a city rebuilt on the ruins of a catastrophic earthquake30 years ago in Hebei Province, north China on
¡¤ China to systematize its Tangshan earthquake archives
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¡¤ 30 years on, Tangshan quake survivors still shaking off nightmare
Gao Jinying celebrated her 88th birthday with no family at a nursing home for paraplegics in the north China city Tangshan, her eyes misty at the mention of the deadly earthquake that razed her home 30 years ago
¡¤ China marks 30th anniversary of Tangshan earthquake
More than 1,000 people participated in the commemorating activities Friday morning in Tangshan, northern Hebei Province, to mark the 30th anniversary ofthe terrible earthquake which killed more than 240,
¡¤ Tangshan earthquake still shaking up China's officialdom 30 years on
Xu Xuejiang, the person who revealed the Tangshan earthquake death toll, recently recounted how he broke the story about the 240,000 deaths, a figure kept secret for three years. Xu considers his
¡¤ Tangshan quake survivors deeply grateful to rescuers, care-givers
Survivors of the mammoth Tangshan earthquake that claimed 240,000 lives 30 years ago are trying to find the people who rescued and helped them. Traumatized in the quake that razed the northern
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A local woman with her friend walks on a street in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 27, 2006.
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Two elder men chat in front of relievo fearturing the rescue work after the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 27, 2006.
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Photo taken July 15, 2006 shows a freighter anchors at a port of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province.
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Photo taken in July 1986 shows bulldozers working at a construction site in Tangshan city of north China's Hebei Province.
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Vehicles drive on Xinhua Road in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 21, 2006.
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An elder couple visit an exhibition commemorating the 1976 earthquake in a park of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province, July 27, 2006. Tangshan, which was leveled by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale in
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People are seen near a monument marking the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 27, 2006.
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A young woman lays flowers at a monument in Tangshan yesterday to mourn the more than 240,000 victims of the 1976 earthquake. Today is the 30th anniversary of the disaster.
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People are seen near a monument marking the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 27, 2006.
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A young man at a monument in Tangshan Thursday to mourn the more than 240,000 victims of the 1976 earthquake. Today is the 30th anniversary of the disaster.
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File photo taken July 28, 1976 shows rescuers working in the ruins after the devastating earthquake in Tangshan city of north China's Hebei Province.
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File photo taken July 28, 1976 shows rescuers transferring an injured citizen after the devastating earthquake in Tangshan city of north China's Hebei Province.
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Tangshan was said to have been erased from the face of the Earth after an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale flattened the centry-old industrial base in 1976.
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Photo taken July 28, 1976 shows an aerial view of the ruins in the wake of an earthquake in a part of Tangshan city of north China's Hebei Province.
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File photo taken July 28, 1976 shows rescuers working in the ruins after the devastating earthquake in Tangshan city of north China's Hebei Province. Tangshan was said to have been erased from the face of the Earth after an

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