A woman mourns for victims of the quake in Beichuan, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 12, 2013. Mourners gathered on Sunday in Beichuan, one of the worst hit regions in the Wenchuan Earthquake, ...

BEICHUAN, Sichuan - Construction of the new county seat of Beichuan in Southwest China's Sichuan province finished Saturday, almost two and a half years after the old seat was leveled in a devastating ...

Gone is the constant whine of sirens, the legion of shovel-toting soldiers and orange-suited rescue workers rushing from one mountain of debris to the next. The town of Beichuan now sits abandoned, ...

This article is part of a series about the Wenchuan earthquake, which left more than 80,000 people dead or missing in May 2008. When photographer Yang Weihua rushed to the site of the Wenchuan ...

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Rescuers open up flooded-road near Shilibei tunnel on 302 provincial road in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 9, 2013. Downpours have submerged the ...

A massive earthquake which struck Sichuan province on May 12, 2008 killed almost 70,000 people, China’s deadliest in thirty years. The mountain city of Beichuan was wiped out leaving 20,000 dead. The ...

A few thoughts on our report that runs on All Things Considered today about the city of Beichuan, old and new: some things you didn't hear in the radio story. I posted earlier about the uncomfortable ...

Premier Wen Jiabao is back in Sichuan's earthquake-savaged counties again, and he reportedly has decided not to rebuild the largest town in Beichuan County destroyed by the quake on May 12. Sources ...

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The crumpled ruins of Beichuan, the most seriously damaged major town in the Sichuan earthquake zone, are to be preserved and turned into a museum and memorial. The local government wants it to become ...

Reaching Beichuan is a long march into hell. When you finally emerge scrabbling through the dirt into the town, what lies before you is a breathtaking vision of horror. Official estimates say China’s ...