Tangshan earthquake: Unforgotten history
(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 Wen Lan, 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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