| 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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Yingxiu, in Wenchuan County, was the epicenter of the earthquake |
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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 |
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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) |
Photos by JIANG XIAOYING
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