Time running out for China quake survivors
 Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives. Nations:[China][South Korea][Singapore][Japan] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-16 Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter
A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days. Nations:[China] People:[Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-16 China races to bury quake dead, manage survivors
China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. Nations:[China][Japan] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-15 China quake death toll could rise to 50,000
China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Yao Ming] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-15 China quake death toll could rise to 50,000
 China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Yao Ming] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-15 China intensifies quake rescue but hopes dim
China ordered fresh waves of helicopters and aid into earthquake-devastated areas as severed roads, aftershocks and the sheer magnitude of 15,000 or more dead defied increasingly desperate rescue efforts. People:[Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-14 China Races to Save Quake Victims
On Jianshe Street in the devastated center of the town of Dujiangyan, amid mud and trash and slabs of concrete sheared from building facades, a group of young soldiers in green-gray raincoats stand in a semicircle, chests out and arms interlocked. They face off against the mourners and gawkers who have come to watch the bodies being carried out of the pile of tangled gray debris that was once the Xinjian Elementary School. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-14 Rescuers reach epicenter of China earthquake
Rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of China's massive earthquake, scouring flattened mountain villages for thousands of victims and distributing air-dropped supplies to survivors. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-14 Over 50,000 dead, missing or buried in China quake
More than 50,000 people are dead, missing or buried under rubble after China's devastating earthquake, officials said Wednesday as the full horror of the disaster began to emerge. People:[Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-14 China says troops rush to plus dangerous cracks in dam
Chinese state media says troops are rushing to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from an earthquake-hit city. Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-14 Death toll from China quake soars past 13,000
The death toll in China's earthquake climbed past 13,000 on Tuesday and looked likely to rise much higher after media said some 19,000 people were buried in rubble in just one area. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13 Death toll in China earthquake exceeds 12,000
 The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Nations:[China] People:[Wen Jiabao][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 China Earthquake] 2008-05-13
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