'Reporters should speak to us more'

In An county, Sichuan province, our reporter meets anger and frustration. Left to fend for themselves, villagers curse the government.

Beichuan Middle School’s dormitory is now a pile of rubble.

Just Rescued, and Hurrying Back

2008-05-21

Lin Di goes to Beichuan Qiang in Sichuan and meets an earthquake survivor rushing back to search for her father.

A classroom blackboard stands amonf the ruins of a collapsed elementary school in Pingtong, Pingwu County, Sichuan province.

As if I Am in the Room

2008-05-21

Reporter Lin Di drove 160 kms north of Chengdu to the mountainous region of Jiangyou and Pingwu on the Fujiang river. He saw schools flattened, with blood-stained drawings on the few walls still standing.