File photos of Tangshan quake
(Wang Wenlan)
Updated: 2006-07-26 09:59
Friday marks the 30th anniversary of
the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale, the powerful
quake flattened homes and left 242, 769 dead and 164, 851 critically injured in
this city in North China's Hebei Province. The following photos were taken by
Wang Wenlan, a member of a contingent of about 10,000 People's Liberation Army
soldiers dispatched on a rescue and rebuilding mission. Wang is now the Director
of the China Daily Photography Department, and the Vice-Chairman of the China
Photographers Association.
Lu Guilan, rescued by soldiers
after being trapped for 13 days. (Wang Wenlan, 1976)
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