Chinese Lives

This afternoon, around 2.30pm, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck a remote county of multi ethinic residents in Sichuan Province, 60 miles from Chengdu, capital city of the province.

Nearly all south parts of China felt strong shake. Friends in Wuhan said, she felt dizzy, and heard strange sound like huge wind. Suddenly she was scared if the building would collapse.

For now, no responses with pictures detailing the casualties are put on internet, so I don’t know how badly the damage caused. And, a comparison quote, in 1976, 242,000 people died of Tangshan earthquake, which was magnitude 7.8, actually over 8, and last 15 seconds. But WenChuan, assumed having less high brick buildings than cities, should not have that terrible death toll. I hope not that much.

CCTV news announced the disaster pretty quick, and our Premiere Wen Jiabao is on the way to Wenchuan county. Wen is a good old man! It takes courage and shows responsibility to go there. I wish him best of luck. His presence can assure suffering people get help quicker.