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1、BeijingRushesAidtoRegionofQuakeBEIJING—Chineseofficialsratcheteduprecoveryefforts,whichincludedahigh-profilevisitfromPremierWenJiabao,afterearthquakesinsouthwesternChinakilledatleast81peopleandinjured800.Inadditiontothecasualties,morethan200,000peopleweredisplacedbyearthquakes
2、andaftershocksthathaverattledtheregionsinceFriday,accordingtolocalauthoritiesandstatemedia.Thestate-runXinhuanewsagencysaidMr.WenreachedYunnanprovince'shardest-hitYiliangcountyearlySaturdaymorning,wherehewasshownonstatetelevisiondirectingrescueeffortsandcomfortingtheinjured.In
3、Yiliangcounty'smainsquare,statetelevisionshowedcolumnsofbluerelieftents,wherefamilieshuddledtogetherinside.Authoritiessaid21,000tentsand31,000quiltshadbeensenttotheareaasofSaturday.Mr.Wen,dressedingraysneakersandashort-sleeveddressshirt,wasshownonstatebroadcasterChinaCentralTe
4、levisionsittingtogetherwithinjuredchildrenontheircotsandrallyingrescueworkers."Yourchallengesarethechallengesofthepartyandthegovernment,"hewasquotedbythestatebroadcasterassaying."Yoursufferingisthesufferingofthepartyandthegovernment."Theearthquakesrekindledmemoriesofthe2008ear
5、thquakeinYunnan'sneighboringSichuanprovince,whichleftmorethan80,000peopledead.Mr.Wen,69yearsold,iswidelyknowninChinaasGrandpaWen,wherehehascultivatedaneverymanimageduringhisdecadeaspremier.Accordingtoauthorities,517schoolsweredamagedintheearthquakes,andatleast86schoolbuildings
6、collapsedasaresult.LocalauthoritiessaidthreestudentswerekilledatYunluoPrimarySchoolinthetownshipofJiaokuifollowingthefirstearthquake.In2008,thousandsofstudentswerekilledinSichuanwhentheirshoddilybuiltschoolscollapsed,sparkingnationwideoutragetowardthegovernmentoverlaxbuildings
7、tandards.ThequakewaswidelydiscussedonChina'spopularonlineforumsovertheweekend,wheremanyquestionedhowamoderate-strengthearthquakeappearedtohavecausedextensivedamagetohomesandinfrastructure.Theearthquakemeasuredatarelativelyshallowdepthof14kilometers,authoritiessaid.Yiliangcount
8、y,apoorandmountainousarea,isnearYunnanprovince'sborderwithnei
