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Horror in Hongbai
Horror in Hongbai
Last Modified: 19 May 2008
By:
Lindsey Hilsum
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.
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