| UPDATED: May 10, 2011 NO. 19 MAY 12, 2011 | | Stark Contrast | | Three years after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, disaster-affected areas have gained a new look | | | |
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FRESH LOOK: The new Yingxiu Town has emerged with the help of Dongguan in Guangdong Province on land that was leveled by the Wenchuan earthquake. Yingxiu, in Wenchuan County, was the epicenter of the earthquake |
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HUGE PROJECT: The newly built Beichuan Middle School, with an area of 35 hectares, is better equipped than the old one which was devastated by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in May 2008 |
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PEACEFUL LIFE: Residents of Shuimo Town in Wenchuan County take rest on the street. The town has reemerged as a tourist attraction. More than 60 energy-consuming and polluting enterprises were closed down or moved out during its post-earthquake reconstruction process |
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RELOCATED PRODUCTION: A workshop at the new site of Dongfang Turbine Co. Ltd. The company, hard-hit by the earthquake in May 2008, has moved from its old site in Hanwang Town, Mianzhu City, to Deyang City. In 2010, its output value reached a record high of 20 billion yuan ($3.08 billion) | |
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