Horror in Hongbai
Updated on 19 May 2008
On a day of national mourning Lindsey Hilsum journeys through hostile terrain to one of the worst affected areas of the China earthquake.
All of China has been observing the national silence - even those in the heart of the earthquake zone.
Our China correspondent Lindsey Hilsum travelled from the provincial capital of Chengdu to the destroyed town of Hongbai in the mountainous area most affected by the quake.
She reports now on a nation remembering its dead - and what's happened to the survivors in this most hostile and unforgiving terrain.
