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(230512) -- CHENGDU, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhong Zhaohui (R, upper) binds up a wound for a patient in Leigu Town of Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 20, 2008 and Zhong Zhaohui, a doctor of Peking University People's Hospital, checks the medical report of a patient during free clinical treatments at the Wenchuan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 9, 2023. Zhong Zhaohui and Qu Haiwang are medical staff from the affiliated hospitals of Peking University. In 2008, they came to Sichuan and participated in the treatment and transfer of the wounded as members of the first batch of medics who rushed to the disaster area after the Wenchuan earthquake. Fifteen years after the 8-magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, Zhong Zhaohui and Qu Haiwang came back to Wenchuan County at the invitation of local government, paid tributes to earthquake ruins and visited earthquake memorial halls. They also communicated w

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - A visitor views "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners visit "earthquake relics" in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners offer flowers at a monument at the time an earthquake took place five years ago, at a common grave in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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5 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - Mourners Chen Yuhong, his wife Li Li and their son Hengrui visit "earthquake relics" preserved in Qushan town in Beichuan county of Mianyang city in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2013, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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4 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - People offer flowers at a cenotaph for the victims of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in Qushan town, Beichuan county, in Mianyang Municipality in China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2012, at the same time the disaster occurred four years ago.

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Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - A tour guide speaks in front of a building damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster.

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Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - Construction workers build an observation deck to view a building (back) damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County, on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster.

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Photo from quake-hit Sichuan Province

MIANYANG, China - A volunteer rescue worker carries a girl to evacuate her in Beichuan county in Mianyang, Sichuan Province, on May 16 after a massive earthquake hit western China on May 12. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Japanese rescue team leaving

BEICHUAN, China - Japanese rescue workers pack up their equipment at Beichuan County in Sichuan Province on May 19 as the Japanese government said that it is withdrawing the Japanese disaster relief team as the chances of finding earthquake survivors are becoming increasingly slim as one week has passed after a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan and adjacent provinces. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Japanese rescuers join mourning of quake victims

BEICHUAN, China - Japanese rescue team members (forefront) join other rescue workers in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 19 to observe three minutes of silence as China mourned earthquake victims one week after a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan and adjacent provinces. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Chinese rescuers mourn quake victims

BEICHUAN, China - Members of a Chinese rescue team observe three minutes of silence on the site of a collapsed middle school in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 19 as China mourned earthquake victims one week after a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan and adjacent provinces. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Japanese rescuers join mourning of quake victims

BEICHUAN, China - Japanese rescue team members (forefront) join other rescue workers on the site of a collapsed middle school in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 19 to observe three minutes of silence as China mourned earthquake victims one week after a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan and adjacent provinces. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Japanese rescue team leaving

BEICHUAN, China - Japanese rescue workers pack up their equipment at Beichuan County in Sichuan Province on May 19 as the Japanese government said that it is withdrawing the Japanese disaster relief team as the chances of finding earthquake survivors are becoming increasingly slim as one week has passed after a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan and adjacent provinces. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Japanese rescuers join mourning of quake victims

BEICHUAN, China - Japanese rescue team members (forefront) join other rescue workers in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 19 to observe three minutes of silence as China mourned earthquake victims one week after a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan and adjacent provinces. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Vehicles disinfected

CHENGDU, China - A woman sprays disinfectant on a vehicle at a toll station on a key road linking Beichuan County and the city of Mianyang in Sichuan Province on May 18 to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the aftermath of the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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China quake -- Woman rescued 164 hours after quake

BEICHUAN, China - A woman is carried on a stretcher by a Chinese rescue team after being rescued near a collapsed market in Beichuan County in China's Sichuan Province on May 19, 164 hours after the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Photos from China's quake-hit Sichuan Province

BEICHUAN, China - A woman is rescued near a collapsed market in Beichuan County in China's Sichuan Province on May 19, 164 hours after the May 12 devastating earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit China's Sichuan Province

BEICHUAN, China - The central area of Qushan in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, is seen severely damaged May 18 by the devastating May 12 earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Japanese team suspends relief work in China due to rain

BEICHUAN, China - Members of a Japanese emergency disaster relief team suspends rescue operations May 18 in Beichuan County in China's Sichuan Province for victims of the devastating May 12 earthquake, due to rain and aftershocks. (Kyodo)

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Photos from quake-hit China's Sichuan Province

BEICHUAN, China - Residents leave their earthquake-devastated hometown of Qushan in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, May 18. (Kyodo)

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Japanese relief team continues to look for signs of life

BEICHUAN, China - Members of a Japanese disaster relief team continue search operations at a badly damaged junior high school in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 18. (Kyodo)

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No survivors as Japanese team recovers bodies in Beichuan

BEICHUAN, China - Members of a Japanese relief team recover a body at a badly damaged junior school in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 18. (Kyodo)

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Japanese relief team continues to look for signs of life

BEICHUAN, China - Members of a Japanese disaster relief team continue search operations at a badly damaged junior high school in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, on May 18. (Kyodo)

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Buried survivors rescued 5 days after China quake

MIANGYANG, China - Rescue workers carry a boy recovered from under rubble in Beichuan county in Mianyang, Sichuan Province, on May 17, five days after a massive earthquake struck western China. (Kyodo)

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Photos from China's quake-devastated Sichuan Province

MYANYANG, China - A man is carried on a stretcher in Beichuan County in the city of Mianyang on May 15. He was rescued three days after a powerful quake devastated the region May 12. (Kyodo)

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4 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - People offer flowers at a cenotaph for the victims of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in Qushan town, Beichuan county, in Mianyang Municipality in China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2012, at the same time the disaster occurred four years ago. (Kyodo)

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Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - Construction workers build an observation deck to view a building (back) damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County, on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Preservation of Sichuan quake destruction

BEIJING, China - A tour guide speaks in front of a building damaged by the 2008 earthquake in China's Sichuan Province in Qushan in Beichuan County on April 19, 2011. Some local governments are preserving buildings that were damaged in the disaster. (Kyodo)