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One year on, the earthquake that killed 87,000
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On May 12, 2008, a huge earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale rocked the Sichuan province in southwest China. The country is still recovering from the disaster which, at the final count, killed some 87,000 people.
By FRANCE 24 (text)
Luke BROWN (video)

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FRANCE 24 video, 27/05/2008

 

Entire towns were razed by the quake and left completely unrecognisable, save for fallen road signs. In the days after the quake, China mobilised 130,000 troops to the Sichuan province to assist in the search for survivors. Rescue workers came from Russia and even Japan to join the rescue operation and recover the dead.

 
Foreign rescue workers, including people from Japan, help search for survivors
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