Landslide in China

President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered the local authorities to spare no efforts to save those people buried in a fatal landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing.A geological investigation led by Chongqing land resources authorities found that about 1.5 million cubic meters of Jiwei Mountain massif slumped 600 meters down, filling a 200-meter wide valley, where Wujiang, a tributary of the Yangtze River, runs through.Seven people were pulled out from the debris as of Friday evening, and three of them have not escaped life danger as of Saturday morning, said Qu Qian, director of the Chongqing Municipal Health Bureau.

Chinese Tourist Attractions

China is a very famous country which is known for its tourist destinations and the marvelous temples and valleys.With diverse cultures and huge monasteries it is a destination which all the people around the world come to watch.

1.The Forest of Stone Steles Museum
2.The Forbidden City
3.The Ba Hanging Coffins
4.Shanghai, Manhattan of China
5.Macau, City of Portugal and China
6.Hangzhou, City Along the Qiantang River
7.Hainan, Hawaii of China
8.China - Gulangyu Island
9.Chang Jiang / Yangtze River
10.Terracotta Army
11.Mount Everest

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China can be visited at many places along its length of several thousand kilometers. Its condition ranges from excellent to ruined and access from straightforward to quite difficult.The Great Wall, as we know it, is actually a series of several walls built at different times by different emperors.

China hit by massive earthquake

Nearly 10,000 people have been rendered homeless due to the massive earthquake which was reported .The 7.8-magnitude of the quake that struck 57 miles north-west of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. Tremors from the quake, which struck at 2.28pm (6.28am BST), were felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam.Rescue teams were trying make contact with cut-off areas. Thousands of army troops and paramilitary People's Armed Police were taking medical supplies to the region.The showpiece Bird's Nest Olympic stadium, which is built to withstand a 8.0 quake was unscathed.The quake is the worst to hit China in 32 years since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in north-eastern China which claimed up to 300,000 lives.