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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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

Middle School was the hardest-hit school during the May 12 earthquake, with more than 1,300 students and teachers killed or missing. Since May 19, 2008, the surviving students and teachers were ...

Li Chengpeng (李承鹏) is a well-known soccer commentator in China. After the recent earthquake in southwestern China, he went to Wenchuan with a few friends to volunteer and published the following post ...

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 ...

Aerial photo taken by drone shows the Beichuan Park in the new Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 10, 2018. Beichuan was one of the worst-hit areas when a catastrophic earthquake ...

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 ...