China - earthquakes
Rescue effort 'a race against time' says Hu Jintao
Friday 16 May 2008
On a tour of some of the worst-hit areas, Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that "quake relief has entered the most crucial phase." Authorities say the death toll could rise to 50,000 people.
Friday 16 May 2008
By FRANCE 24 with wires
Chinese President Hu Jintao flew into
Four days after the disaster, he encouraged rescuers to make every possible effort to save the victims, saying that relief work had entered its “most crucial phase.”
A change in the Chinese government’s attitude
The Chinese government has announced it will investigate the high number of schools destroyed on Monday. While many other buildings survived the tremors, thousands of children died when school buildings collapsed.
According to FRANCE 24 International Affairs specialist Jean-Bernard Cadier, Hu’s visit to the region shows attitudes in
Resigned survivors hope for more help
“The relative resignation of the people here is particularly striking. They are calmly queuing and displaying great solidarity,” says
In a TV interview with
Concerned by the scale of the natural disaster, neighbouring countries have decided to participate in rescue operations. After
Preparing the adoption of quake orphans
As scores of children have now lost their parents, the Chinese government said it would examine adoption demands from “qualified people.”
According to official agency Xinhua, organisations based in
As our correspondent explains, it is difficult to know just how many children have been orphaned given that the fate of children who boarded at schools is still unclear.
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