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People take care of patients in a shelter outside a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo /Color China Photo) Chinese students evacuated to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo) Chinese students evacuated to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo) Chinese students help a fainted classmate evacuate to a playground for safety in Qionglai city, southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday May 12, 2008, after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China. (AP Photo) Hotel staff watch the movement of water in a fish pond after the hotel was evacuated during an earthquake in Fuyang, in China's Anhui province Monday May 12, 2008. A powerful, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China on Monday, killing five people when two primary schools and a water tower collapsed, state media reported. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, people look upwards after running out of high buildings in Nanjing, northwest China, after a powerful, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Han Yuqing) An investor reacts as he looks at the stock price monitor at a private security company Monday, May 12, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese stocks rose Monday, rebounding from early losses on gains in banking shares. But the advance was capped by worries over inflation and over potential damage from a severe earthquake that hit central China's Sichuan province. (AP Photo) Hospital patients wait outside after an earthquake in Fuyang, in China's Anhui province Monday May 12, 2008. A powerful, magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous central China on Monday, killing five people when two primary schools and a water tower collapsed, state media reported. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) A crack on an apartment building is seen following a massive earthquake in Lanzhou in northwest China's Gansu province, Monday, May 12, 2008. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China, killing at least 107 peoples. (AP Photo) Residents run on a debris-covered road following an earthquake in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) A man walks down a staircase full of debris inside a hospital after an earthquake in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Chinese women cries on a street after an earthquake strike in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) People evacuate office buildings after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Beijing Monday, May 12, 2008. A 7.5-magnitude quake struck central China on Monday and was felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam. Thousands of people evacuated buildings in Beijing, some 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the epicenter. The quake struck 57 miles (92 kilometers) northwest of the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. It said the 7.5-magnitude quake was centered 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) below the surface. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) A female patient, looks on, outside a hospital after the earthquake, in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 7,600 people and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school, state media reported. (AP Photo/Color China Photo, HO) In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, the debris of collapsed buildings can be seen in Dujiangyan, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo /Zheng Yue, Xinhua) Map locates epicenter of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which hit western China In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, newly born babies are moved at a hospital after an earthquake occurred in Nanchong, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake has toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant. (AP Photo /Cheng Chaosheng, Xinhua) Map shows location of magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck China, and related events in the area In this photo provided by Xinhua news agency, Chinese air force soldiers step aboard a plane heading for the quake-hit area, in Beijing, capital of China,Tuesday May 13, 2008. Twenty-two air force aircraft and nine air transports from the Civil Aviation Administration of China were carrying 11,000 soldiers to the quake-hit region, with 1,400 paratroopers already there. (AP Photo /Shen Ling, Xinhua) Earthquake survivors sleep inside a stadium, which was converted to a temporary shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang, Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo /Andy Wong) Volunteers distribute bread to the earthquake victims inside a stadium, which was converted to a temporary shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang, Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo /Andy Wong) A Chinese couple with their child inside a stadium, which was converted to a temporary shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang, Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo /Andy Wong) An injured child sleeps on his mother's arm inside a stadium, which has been converted to a temporary shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang, Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a student helps his schoolmate stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie) A woman cries as she walks by a line rescuers just before they are going to search for victims after the earthquake at Beichuan County in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The official death toll after Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake rose Tuesday to nearly 12,000, and thousands remained buried or missing. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Rescuers carry a wounded woman out of the debris of a collapsed building after the earthquake at Beichuan County in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The official death toll after Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake rose Tuesday to nearly 12,000, and thousands remain buried or missing.(AP Photo/Color China Photo) People walk on a bridge collapsed following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Chinese rescue workers have reported that 3,629 people had been confirmed dead and 18,645 were still buried under debris in the city, which neighbors the epicenter of the massive earthquake that struck China. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers try to help a stranded student out of the debris at Wudu Primary School at Hanwang town in Mianzhu city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. China state media says that 10,000 people "remain buried" in rubble in Mianzhu near the epicenter of Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the country. (AP Photo/Xinhua, He Junchang) Rescuers search for victims in the debris of the collapsed Juyuan Middle School in the earthquake-affected Juyuan Township in Dujiangyan of China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday, May 14, 2008.(AP Photo/Color China Photo) n this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, monks of Zhaibung Monastery donate money to the quake-hit regions in Sichuan Province of southwest China, in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chogo) A Chinese boy receives fruit which is being distributed by volunteers near a shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Chinese locals line up to receive fruit distributed by volunteers following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man tries to calm a woman crying beside the dead body of her daughter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) While guarded by Chinese paramilitary police, onlookers watch rescue workers search for survivors at a collapsed school following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Earthquake survivors stand in a truck as they are transferred to a temporary shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang City in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Two Chinese men try to calm a man, center, as he cries over the death of his daughter near a school damaged following Monday's powerful earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) People donate money for Sichuan earthquake victims at Shanghai Red Cross office Wednesday May 14, 2008 in Shanghai, China. The government's high-gear response aimed to reassure Chinese while showing the world it was capable of handling the disaster and was ready for the Aug. 8-24 Olympics in Beijing. Although the government said it welcomed outside aid, officials said it would accept only money and supplies, not foreign personnel. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A Chinese woman sits in front of a collapsed building while waiting for news on her missing family members near a damaged school following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Rescuers carry a female survivor out of a school damaged following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman cries over the body of her daughter at the collapsed Xiang'e Middle School at the earthquake site in Dujiangyan of southwest China's Sichuan province. Soldiers who hiked over landslide-blocked roads to reach the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake searched through collapsed buildings Wednesday for survivors, with the death toll of more than 12,000 certain to rise as the buried are found. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Residents watch a staging area where soldiers are sending supplies into the epicenter of Monday's earthquake and ferrying survivors out near Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) The Zipingpu Dam buildings are seen at left near a bridge where the middle section is fallen after Monday's earthquake near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A vehicle attempts to travel on a damaged road to Hongbai Township after it was just dug out after the landslides in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo) Rescuers march into Hongbai Township as the road is blocked by the landslides in Shifang in southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo) A view of the Zipingpu Dam where Chinese soldiers had earlier rushed to shore up cracks after Monday's earthquake near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Rescuers search for victims in the debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan County in Mianyang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) People's Armed Police rescue workers carry bottled drinking water to distribute to quake survivors in hard-hit Beichuan county, Mianyang city, Sichuan province, China, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Takanori Sekine) Rescue workers walk along a road destroyed by a devastating earthquake in hard-hit Beichuan county, Mianyang city, Sichuan province, China, Thursday afternoon, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Takanori Sekine) Earthquake survivors enjoy a hot meal after arriving by boat from the epicenter area of Monday's quake in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A concrete building destroyed by a devastating earthquake in hard-hit Beichuan county, Mianyang city, Sichuan province, China, is seen Thursday afternoon, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Takanori Sekine) An earthquake survivor is helped up a rocky embankment after arriving on a boat from areas inaccessible by road at the Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) An injured earthquake victim is assisted by medical workers after arriving on a boat from areas inaccessible by road at the Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman cries as the body of her husband was found under the rubble of a collapsed apartment house in Beichuan county, Mianyang city, Sichuan province, China, Thursday afternoon, May 15, 2008, three days after a devastating earthquake hit the area. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Takanori Sekine) A local resident carries a baby on the way to a shelter after Monday's powerful earthquake in Mianyang in southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) A man looks for his daughter at a collapsed school after Monday's powerful earthquake in Mianyang in southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) A teddy bear hangs on the rubble of a collapsed school following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Chinese soldiers carries an elderly man and a baby, who survived Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Chinese soldiers uses a trolley to transfer an elderly woman, who survived Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Medical staff disinfects bodies trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Evacuated miners walk along a railway at the earthquake-hit Hongbai Township in Shenfang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) A rescuer takes a rest with his dog during a search and rescue operation for a earthquake survivors following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A fish is seen near the rubble of a collapsed building following Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Earthquake survivors climb up a rocky embankment after arriving on a boat from areas inaccessible by road at the Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Soldiers carry an injured earthquake survivor from a collapsed building in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Two women cry as they wait for news of relatives by a collapsed buildings following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) People delivering aid supplies cross a landslide-blocked road at Jiulong Township in earthquake-hit Mianzhu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Rescuers set up temporary tents at the earthquake-hit Hongbai Township in Shenfang of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) A shattered restaurant is seen, after the earthquake in Hanwang town, in Sichuan province on Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) An earthquake survivor stands next to the rubble of his collapsed house in Yinghua town of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Earthquake survivors sit on a bus and wait to be transported to the temporary shelter in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A girl searches for her schoolbag in the debris of collapsed buildings in earthquake-hit Mianzhu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Quake survivors watch TV in a refugee camp near Shifang town of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) A woman mourns over her relatives in Hanwang town in Sichuan province on Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) A woman grieves on the grave of her child who was killed in Monday's earthquake at a school in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 16, 2008. Most of the students killed when Wufu's school collapsed were only children, deepening the pain of parents who stuck to China's one-child policy. Parents complained that the school was shoddily built - a common allegation with almost 7000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) The damaged school ID card of a young girl who was killed when her schoolroom collapsed in Monday's earthquake, is seen at her grave in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 16, 2008. Most of the students killed when Wufu's school collapsed were only children, deepening the pain of parents who had stuck to China's one-child policy. Parents complained that the school was shoddily built, a common allegation with almost 7,000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Bi Kaiwei holds a photo of his daughter Bi Yuexing, who was killed when her schoolroom collapsed in Monday's earthquake, at the school in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 16, 2008. Most of the students killed when Wufu's school collapsed were only children, deepening the pain of parents who had stuck to China's one-child policy. Parents complained that the school was shoddily built, a common allegation with almost 7,000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) A parent looks at ID photos of children killed in Monday's earthquake, in the rubble of a school in Wufu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Friday May 16, 2008. Most of the students killed when Wufu's school collapsed were only children, deepening the pain of parents who had stuck to China's one-child policy. Parents complained that the school was shoddily built, a common allegation with almost 7,000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Chinese residents leave notes for each other on trees near Yingxiu, a town near Monday quake's epicenter accessible only on foot and by boat and without cell phone coverage in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Local residents mourn for earthquake victims in front of the statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, as the national flag flies at half mast, at Tianfu Square in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still and sirens wailed Monday to mourn tens of thousands of earthquake victims in the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Chinese locals look through the donated clothes at a earthquake refugees camp in Anxian, 20km from Beichuan, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday, mourning for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, while the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A child holds a bowl of noodles she received at a earthquake refugees camp in Anxian, 20km from Beichuan, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday, mourning for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, while the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A Chinese rescue worker look across to Chinese soldiers combing the rubble for survivors in the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Li Qing, an earthquake survivor at a collapsed school in Beichuan cries after received a birthday cake and gifts from her parent at a temporary shelter in Mianyang, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. A Child holds a bowl look while others line up to receive food at a earthquake refugees camp in Anxian, 20km from Beichuan, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday, mourning for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, while the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A man and a child wearing mask returns to the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Residents walk back to a quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Doug Magee, a volunteer from U.S. who works in Beijing, is at the centre of a fun game with the children at a earthquake refugees camp in Anxian, 20Km from Beichuan, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Rescue workers cross a twisted bridge in the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman wearing pyjamas holds her baby as she sits on a chair in the open-air after being evacuated with others from their homes for safety reasons, after they were warned to expect an earthquake aftershock in Mianyang, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. Chinese authorities on late Monday warned of a predicted large magnitude aftershock which they say will hit Sichuan province.(AP Photo/Andy Wong) Soldiers wearing protective suits and mask disinfect body bags of victims at the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A Chinese woman reacts as she returns to find her home in a pile of rubble, in the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A wall is decorated by two hearts with the legend "I Love You", a reminder of how the recent earthquake has had devastating effects on the people who lived in the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Earthquake survivors gather to read a newspaper about the recent earthquake collapsed school in BeiChuan, while they rest at a temporary shelter in Mianyang, Southwestern Sichuan province, China, Monday, May 19, 2008. China stood still Monday, mourning for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, while the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Chinese youths express encouragement towards China and the victims of last week's earthquake during a street march by hundreds of residents in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Flags in the country remained at half-staff and entertainment events canceled on the second day of a three-day national mourning period declared by the Chinese government, an unprecedented gesture normally reserved for dead state leaders. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese youths express encouragement towards China and the victims of last week's earthquake during a street march by hundreds of residents in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Flags in the country remained at half-staff and entertainment events canceled on the second day of a three-day national mourning period declared by the Chinese government, an unprecedented gesture normally reserved for dead state leaders. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Zipingpu dam discharge its water for safety, in quake-hit Wenchuan, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Cracks run on the top of quake-hit Zipingpu dam, near broken railings in Wenchuan, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) A child looks at a crying man as the survivors mourn for the earthquake victims in Chengdu, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Quake survivors receive rice porridge on ration outside a gymnasium they take shelter, in Mianyang, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) A man plays with a puppy at his temporary shelter, in Deyang, in China's southwest Sichuan province Tuesday May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Damaged buildings are seen at the Dawang Temple, at Yinghua, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Tuesday May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Residents cook a meal at a temporary shelter beside a railway track at Yinghua, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Tuesday May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Local residents pray toward their houses where their family members were killed in the last week's powerful earthquke, as they are not allowed to return home due to possible aftershocks and flooding risks in Mianyang, China's southwest Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Young Chinese quake survivors take part in singing lessons inside a temporary classroom set up for children affected by last week's earthquake in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese soldiers carry relief supply goods at a temporary base near an earthquake site during a rescue mission in Yinxiu, southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Chinese children play games at a temporary camp set up for those affected by last week's earthquake in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) China's national flag flies at half-mast as local residents afraid of aftershocks set up tents at the sports ground of Sichuan University in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Authorities have reported more than 40,000 dead, with at least 10,000 more deaths likely, and 32,000 people missing from the earthquake which hit Sichuan on May 12. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Chinese people light candles to mourn for the dead in the massive earthquake that hit Sichuan Province on May 12 on the last evening of three days of national mourning in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. More schools reopened Wednesday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but rain and a lack of tents underscored the massive task facing the government in sheltering millions left homeless. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan (R) talks to an injured child as he visits the earthquake victims at a hospital in Deyang of southwest China's Sichuan province Friday, May 16, 2008. Jackie Chan has donated RMB ten million to help those in need following the earthquake in Sichuan province. The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province rose to 41,353 nationwide as of 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, while 274,683 people were injured.(AP Photo/Color China Photo) Chinese action star Jet Li arrives for relief activities of the One Foundation Project in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province Saturday, May 17, 2008. The One Foundation Project, initiated by Jet Li in 2007, has raised 42.7 million RMB yuan (6.1 million U.S. dollars) for quake relief by noon of May 17. The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province rose to 41,353 nationwide as of 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, while 274,683 people were injured.(AP Photo/Color China Photo) Soldiers deliver schoolbags to pupils at the new Zundao Primary School in Mianzhu of south China's Guangdong province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. China's first aseismic primary school started classes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) tudents smile in a new aseismic classroom of Zundao Primary School in Mianzhu of south China's Guangdong province Wednesday, May 21, 2008. China's first aseismic primary school started classes Wednesday. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Members of a South Korean rescue team prepare to search for bodies in the ruins of a sewerage treatment plant at Hongbai, in Shifang county, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008. The team of 41 rescue experts arrived in China on May 16, four days after a powerful earthquake devastated the region. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Graphic provides an update of earthquake relief efforts in China Earthquake survivors line up to settle in temporary tents donated by the Japanese Red Cross Society at Malu Village in quake-hit Qingchuan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday, June 5, 2008. Thousands of earthquake survivors are being evacuated from towns and villages which are threatened by landslides and flooding. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) A woman uses tap water wash her son outside a tent at a camp set up for earthquake victims in Anxian, China's southwest Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. More schools reopened Wednesday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but rain and a lack of tents underscored the massive task facing the government in sheltering millions left homeless. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, gestures to Chen Jiazhen as he visits quake-affected people at the Helin Shanzhuang resettlement in Mianyang, a city of the quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China on Friday, June 6, 2008. After he learned that Chen Jiazhen will spend the 100th birthday in eight days, Premier Wen congratulated on his birthday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Weibing) Soldiers and villagers carry relief supplies for earthquake survivors past a quake-formed lake at Hongguang Village in Qingchuan County in Guangyuan of southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday, June 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) Soldiers evacuate an injured earthquake survivor from Hongguang Village in Qingchuan County in Guangyuan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday, June 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) An earthquake survivor and her daughter, right, are seen collecting beans for dinner near the debris of their collapsed home, seen through the window of a motorcycle vehicle in Yinhua village of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A Mianyang policeman stops a resident from trying to get back into his apartment in lower ground of the city for personal belongings in Mianyang, 80 kilometers downstream the quake-formed Tangjiashan lake, China's southwest Sichuan province, Friday, June 6, 2008. Soldiers have been ordered to deepen a diversion channel to speed the draining of an unstable earthquake-formed lake that was threatening to burst and flood communities downstream, state television said Friday. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Relatives and friends look at pictures and names of students who died in collapsed classrooms at Yinghua Middle School when the May 12 earthquake struck in the Yinghua village of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A young earthquake survivor, holds an ice cream in hand and a plastic bag on head, looks back from her mother's back while on their way to a refugee camp in the rain, in Yinghua village of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A Chinese earthquake survivor fertilizes his rice field near a collapsed house in Luocun village of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Friday, June 6, 2008. The May 12 quake killed 69,127 people, with 17,918 still missing, according to the latest government figures. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A Chinese mother waits for relatives lining up to get earthquake pension money while her son sleeps on her lap in Luoshui Town of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Friday, June 6, 2008. The May 12 quake killed 69,127 people, with 17,918 still missing, according to the latest government figures. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A child holds an umbrella as a Chinese woman tries to cook in the rain at a hill refuge where they were evacuated fear of a quake lake bursting upstream near Taohua hill, southwestern China's Sichuan province Friday, June 6, 2008. Authorities are trying to drain the Tangjiashan quake lake formed after the May 12 earthquake and now threatening to burst and wash over populated areas downstream.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Two Chinese students study in a temporary shelter for earthquake refugees in Mianyang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Chinese poet and novelist Liao Yiwu, 50, talks with a temple keeper at the earthquake damaged Gu Temple in Jiezi town of China's Sichuan Province Friday June 6, 2008. Liao spent four years in jail after writing a poem about the Tiananmen Square massacre and a book compiled of interviews with ordinary Chinese, which was recently published in the U.S. Now he is interviewing May 12 Sichuan earthquake survivors. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Chinese earthquake refugees stand in queue to receive herbal water for disease prevention at a refugee camp in Mianyang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Chinese earthquake survivors make selection of donated clothes when a boy plays on a tricycle in Luoshui Town of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A Chinese mason works on tombstones for students who died in the May 12 earthquake in Luoshui Town of Shifang, China's southwest Sichuan province, Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Soldiers fire weapons to blast floating objects in water drained from the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake at Qiyao Village in Jiuling Township in Mianyang, in southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday, June 10, 2008. China declared an end Tuesday to the crisis over a brimming lake formed by China's massive earthquake that had threatened to flood downstream communities. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) People look at photos of victims who died in the May 12 earthquake at a funeral home in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The 7.9 magnitude quake on May 12 killed 69,146 people, and 17,516 are still missing, the government said late Tuesday. About 5 million people were made homeless. (AP Photo/Color China Photo) In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the water gushed out of the Tangjiashan quake lake at 9 a.m. of Tuesday, June 10, 2008 in southwest China's Sichuan Province. China declared an end Tuesday to the crisis over the brimming lake formed by the May 12 massive earthquake that had threatened to flood downstream communities. (AP Photo/Xinhua/Li Gang) Chinese workers drill rocks to widen Pitiao River which is blocked by fallen rocks in the landslide triggered by the May 12 earthquake near Wolong, China's southwest Sichuan province, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) A panda stretches its body in a cage at China Conservative and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, China's southwest Sichuan province, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The nine-year-old Mao Mao was finally found Monday and dug out Tuesday, almost a month after the May 12 devastating earthquake, crushed by a wall of her enclosure as the river nearby swelled with landslide debris. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Survivors of the May 12 earthquake line up for lunch at a tent community near Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after the magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman walks past a tent community near Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after a magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A child waits in line with fellow earthquake survivors to receive lunch at a tent community in Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after the magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A child carrying a toy rifle walks past tents at a tent community near Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after the magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Survivors of the May 12 earthquake crowd for lunch at a tent community near Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after the magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Survivors of the May 12 earthquake crowd for lunch at a tent community near Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after the magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) An elderly woman carries a child on her back at a tent community in Yongan, southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, June 13, 2008. One month after a magnitude-7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 in central China, Beijing is trying to switch the emphasis from the destruction to the rebuilding effort, focusing on tales of heroism in the rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A man rows a boat at a flooded area near the Xijiang (West River) at the Fengkiu county of Zhaoqing in China's southern Guangdong province Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Flood waters have started to recede in parts of southern China after killing at least 63 people, swamping millions of acres of farmland and causing billions of dollars in damage, the government said. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Residents row a boat at a flooded area near the Xijiang (West River) at the Fengkiu county of Zhaoqing in China's southern Guangdong province Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Flood waters have started to recede in parts of southern China after killing at least 63 people, swamping millions of acres of farmland and causing billions of dollars in damage, the government said. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Residents row boats at a flooded area near the Xijiang (West River) at the Fengkiu county of Zhaoqing in China's southern Guangdong province Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Flood waters have started to recede in parts of southern China after killing at least 63 people, swamping millions of acres of farmland and causing billions of dollars in damage, the government said. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) A man rows a boat at a flooded area near the Xijiang (West River) at the Fengkiu county of Zhaoqing in China's southern Guangdong province Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Flood waters have started to recede in parts of southern China after killing at least 63 people, swamping millions of acres of farmland and causing billions of dollars in damage, the government said. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)