Rice visits quake-hit China region

　BY　 2008-07-01 11:17:11

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2008, to extend condolences for the victims in the quake-hit region.

U.S. Sec&gey6-fhNkxao$ANZm5&aZXCEGRcgnMretary of State CondrC7D$6(oleezza Rice arrives in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, VaJune 29, 2008, to exv1kRLyetend condolences for+iz#ZwjkawnLH*Cv1YRk8)KXm rCejWN&!1P1 the victims in the quake-hit region. (Xminhua Photo)

CHENGDU, June 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday arrived in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province, and extended condolences to those affected by the May 12 earthquake.

Rice first visited rI7dwq&TT#F@v(the debris of the TeRU(vwajy2aKRhMa*O4aq2hxXNMH^f+WS(ngda sports club in aKdAmZ5-OY35aGg&zM)JnX4c&s7downtown Dujiangyan.*WPNR69+$x9R3ZtABfaB)$FElc The three-story buiyVpzRYQEq8EYXII cZyoVHy4iggD%3W#raglding, built in 1980W9rPXVs^)W%rFDVCqPeSmwfb^gHjw86q@BvvZs, collapsed during the earthquake.

Stepping on the debris, Rice kepfwYROiuz9!gk%cw!Ut shaking her head. Communist Party chie^y1heGjiTvvj4eiAR@*cUsw1#Godf of Dujiangyan Liu W42yXFV2VUwjjL^aWEn e xJfBBJunlin told her more than 3,000 people in the city lost theixeeYn6I@&bUr lives during the devastating earthquake, and 90 percent of local houses collap*Phd!fV*OVyE-tVRE!xP1kLlFFJi2GI3ysed.

RicphSgGAvJWZ-ufQRe then went to Qinjianrenjia that houses 8,000 people, and aKi@PXyun$m^XbYZE7sBV8mgJ^nie!D0Nsked about the condi4(I3gCOEFNpVvD(uDFUG(lBn0mv0cSt&huW2tion of temporary ho p9Q^^GUy5lE86vuses. Mayor of Dujiangyan Xu Xingguo tol-)lAVt4tZi 7y$My3eTd her the city has bgIryaNz+Rj3QF0!quXF!2uilt more than 3,500ico&bFk3t prefab houses, sett94teFxxU^nQQ^VZ%y yZZGQhuGes933afxling more than 8,000 people now and planNpg@d@-Y)0 5Zp%@@G+cWEAP&KO^05 qct$%Yning to add 4,000 pet8YpPa%Fj^Uk)dnO!xTACp$GFople in the future. AAC2e+bvO37H!uNtvDrNAtb

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L, Front) visits the debris of a sports club in Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2008. Arriving in Dujiangyan City on Sunday, Rice visited survivors at a resettlement and extended condolences for the victims in the quake-hit region.

U.S.q0m@b Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L,MO Front) visits the daaX4MMH4zzeebris of a sports club in Dujiangyan Cit87#oYXzLs*4g)r+W47m)j@eUe5y, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2008. (Xinh*Aa5BO)k(W^F@Y@ua Photo)

Rice commended the eff* 2e2Ovorts of medical staf$Ym!SbG+cvtx*(N@^^uG#JCjU34f. "You have done a i*good job. You saved ya864e-&ll#-0G*q28bliXGJDv%N0pnsZOXa lot of people," sh-yclbfLAm XBa99C@qAye told Doctor Jin We5J5PtcTjR3itie.

LarwZJJjldter on she visited arc2VxnPyXXm culture center in the settlement where Mdg$kl0vEu^HWfPshe watched the BeijAgXXBYCpW+gjHIty5F2k66ping opera and a show performed by the chCEyildren.

-h-XgT371BqskZh7)Gm"It is good to see p(W5KirNwGqufe3o+07*ex-d624$&(X6Ieople are recovering and going on with ttCCgTs*nm&-J41! dk)@@5Zht3Qheir lives, and children are studying ans2Y4(yi4wx^o(TFH&DJvH#Biz4maoaw8ftd performing", she said.

SheKTHhwgu8fd3D presented a book onyIbGpc U.S. national parksNY*#^%##+m^!saa to 14-year-old boy,$eEF6%%7R@McVtJ*FuHWh^4!i7 Zhou Yifan, after they chatted togetherq0IcpE9RHqxKJ^fh0L&dgMYu-1M3J5XX2Z8%e@ in English. She ins*-rcI+LJ^0y89pUv-G&e%))0bZFRiv ^p CYcribed the book with a message of good wishes.

"I am tremendously im2Rpressed with the spiHC7GU)L7f16-7AU0)C^hvTB-oI-vGqVb-a+f7oSrits of the people we met in the relocat3zKiuf)X4%9Kvocgrion area," Rice toldD3eBzQ4Xp31o2slfeNjLW$oIyT+L reporters before her departure from Chengdu.

She said that it was not the U.S. governmesuGay&eC#kEnt, but the U.S people that responded wiD-6IUQ)X8&mDrSW0th sympathy and kindness.

"W2-saEtXQ1 oJe talk about U.S.-Ch5KYKL4DzWoz19#K9+tNQZ#GKM1WV!b5ina relations, we talk at the governmentr7Ja%NztJjiF2 level, but it is really the relations between the American bs!Vx (UM51IoHGuPJ*people and the ChineE@Ba%sANQT&zrxmSY MxFrKzuTx2DxN9nse people that really make the difference," she said.

"With a disastU3mg7EaC(jr5jV6jer of this magnitudeFk gznee*Q@Ny0evTq-Kb0, no one can do it a^L-O!#DGG$ZM42JG04*!I#k9jAEPwzxLD7cu4$^lone and we are glad !Dz$o2L@tnKyJv*zp)y that the Chinese goRI*Ji3QKNURMl5-0BQm^TAcavernment and the ChiUwXVnese people reached kzlsLKi+o24WA78QBa@S(ehaout to the international community and allowed the international community to he(Z7TxS2ae$0Jdb-x87!IeJYy9SCU#Tw LlI2lp," Rice added.

Rice was th-e highest-ranking U.fYCeS. official to visitNOnP*bplL6tRe@EbO6QZZW^yV^) the area ravaged bysBQNire0 an 8.0-magnitude eaBXX!xYKKT^jzGjKY%yUgYw-6j$00ncnmCEWdHrthquake that killedz0wtwiPXTppvRr*YBaO-kIVSst almost 70,000 people.

DurinSgEhZ8$u1do5T$WnkSig her four-hour stay in the province, RiJuN+k!03yFjbl*uK%oxoXLB7JA0NLce also toured tempo5x0Og7an0X!2hdVnAa5jeke*&AQ+!z57)9@9l#xrary homes for survisuu5k2(vm@*hyccXUu Ta3&a3k(vors and saw a water purifier donated bykZ$21iGJMmk54!bd Samaritan's Purse, 8p1egtnR0N7!vQ@m^*Z4ZHZvGUSb10E1#%TQa U.S. non-governmen!JEBkw TmxBZS##!BM3!%hl@U5gStal organization comOD9V+pk%WlD7mitted to internatiozVz(5)aqydl-4FA6XpNN)k^C9%8s#FIzHC$nal relief.

553M&3h%eyv^ZFlv One water purifinRu%ler was installed in Yonggu Village in YuD@+r0QA*h@*)!Qx%stBW&#NF9(Ytang town. It has a zbRLMzyo@^VgATWImItQ5&XN8SKwRmdaily capacity of 40!xHmWoMjee,000 liters of water0N*W*e, enough for 15,000 UOMz#My)6Oq7JguvzyRViHpeople to drink, wasUB$2aL1S+$RzSdoS5UN5dlb)%z9h and bath.

cDEMT tE%z8gvrl3MM*D+D rSmbbUv)Ib5g The U.S. governmd&^^JJm!bGent has offered cash and materials worth4g2GxujoNQoNvgS4u^aPT 2.6 million U.S. do4io)2qXI$llars for quake reli7&MJ8hRAtgW9ypKy6g&sIYHx%*y&aXmef, according to Chi&W9m9dV2&zUzEna's Foreign MinistrbwKd96Vg2%5y2Rkr$Cf+-PoZM^Pyv95DgD-dcJFy.

Her SCichuan visit is part1%S4O$X^Cla^tVaw9sKAH4+4WABj of her two-day ChinC(tkjLJmMNvwDgLc2zd)gC$sa tour, which will bg488G(SiEKe-V&W8aFpaLcjy4Qscrring her to Beijing. She is scheduled tocXj4AHOf()#Er0kE1RY#HmRyXRqf%Spum6aZ discuss with Chinese

leaders a z)OFRwide range of issuesbqeGk75@Wt, including the Koregjbwl7fxD$an nuclear issue.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (2nd L, Front) watches the performance of local children at a resettlement in Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2008. Arriving in Dujiangyan City on Sunday, Rice visited survivors at a resettlement and extended condolences for the survivors in the quake-hit region.

U.S. Secretary oz&-y!^ml)I&ivGX1$9yEFdZguwY8rAUEt7vH0pf State Condoleezza wijVNi8WRice (2nd L, Front) watches the performance of local children at a resettlement Gw(c51$n)Nnin Dujiangyan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2008. Arriving $YxUm23GSMleUDfMcU!7WVin Dujiangyan City onUX+GywDXv-s4UGH(-3jsv0A8mwZ9mP%xn Sunday, Rice visited survivors at a resettlement and exten7XQ5*CCCHg1hjd6sxa s$ded condolences for the survivors in the quake-hit region. (Xinhua Photo)

(Editor: Caroline)　(From: xinhua)

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