• At 2:38pm Beijing time of This Monday, May 12th, a giant earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale hits China's Sichuan Province.
• Tuesday May 13th, rescuers arrive at China's earthquake's epicenter almost 24 hours after the quake hit.
• China's President Hu Jintao announces earthquake releif is now the government's top priority
• On Tuesday Evening Soldiers finally arrived at the epicenter of China's earthquake.
• At 1 pm, Wednesday, 5000 troops from Jinan, east of China, have been dispatched to the quake-hit Sichuan by airplanes to help with relief work. It is the biggest rescue work in the history of China Air force.
• As of Sunday evening over 4,400 aftershocks have hit SW China
• Residents flee from their homes on Tuesday after forecast of a strong aftershock
• Over 10,000 children and elderly alone because of the quake
• On Sunday an 80 year old man rescued after being buried for 11 days
• 219 aftershocks monitored in quake zone from Wednesday noon to Thursday noon
• Death Toll Rises to 69,016

33 Foreign Tourists arrive safely in Chengdu

As of 11:05 Thursday morning, 33 tourists from England, the United States, and France arrived in Chengu, from the giant panda town of Wolong via military helicopter. The tourists, who had been stranded since the giant quake hit, are all in good health. Yang Wei, Captain of the helicopter stated "They were in anxiety when we arrived in Wolong, but soon relaxed after getting aboard the chopper and thanked us." Telecommunications had been cut since Monday, and the tourists' condition were not known until Wednesday afternoon when Zhang Wenxian, an official of the Wolong Giant Panda Administration, called via satellite telephone.

The Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area had a large number of visitors when the quake hit. The two roads leading to the area were cut off, but the sightseeing areas were safe. According to a spokesman for the Jiuzhaigou Tourism Administration stated that more than 3,000 people had been evacuated by Wednesday, and the remaining 2,900 were expected to be evacuated on Thursday.

 

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