April 14th, 2010, the disaster came down on China again. The big earthquake of 6.9 magnitudes hit Yushu county of Qinghai province in China, which was in a grim parallel to the 2008 Sichuan quake. We haven’t walked out of the sorrow of losing so many compatriots and relatives, the earth shook again just 2 years later.
The earth tremors have all but pulverized the town, leaving at least 1,200 dead and 9,000 injured. All single-storey buildings had been leveled. About 15,000 houses have collapsed, leaving survivors with the grim prospect of spending nights outside in freezing weather. All the communication tools broke down during the earthquake.
Sichuan schools issue haunts Yushu. 50 percent of schools buildings in Yushu had collapsed. At least 66 students were killed when buildings were toppled and there are hundreds of students still buried in the rubble. Parents have waited outside the ruins for several days and nights for their children with tears.
I got this news on Thursday. It rained cats and dogs here. Maybe the rain and thunder gods also had the same very grieving feelings with me. The wind was moaning through the trees just like a piece of sorrowful music, which beat my heart heavily.
However, what I saw was not people’s desperate eyes but thousands of rescue teams and survivors who are trying to save lives from the death. I saw our prime minster Wen Jiaobao standing on the accident scene encouraging and comforting the survivors. I saw victims’ strong and positive smiles. I saw the Chinese spirit flowing in every Chinese people’s heart. Although now I am not with you, my heart never gets separated from my motherland. I believe forever and ever China has the courage in the face of diversity as well as the confidence and ability to overcome any obstacles in front of us. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people from the past to now and it is also the same in the future.
Here give my best wishes to all the victims in the earthquake and my great mother-country.
(April 15th, 2010)
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Good! We all pray for our people in our country and give them our best wishes.Those passed will be remembered forever while the alive must be encouraged.
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