May 15, 2008
The headline of today’s Beijing Times announces that the death toll has risen to 14,866, and the government has ordered more troops into disaster area to join the rescue effort. According to the article, more than 100,000 soldiers and People’s Armed Ppolce officers have are searching and rescuing victims there. Although rescue workers have entered all affected counties, there are still a few isolated villages that they have not reached yet.
The front page picture shows paratroopers jumping out of the hatch near Mao County, Chongqing yesterday.
Other articles include:
• The Civil Affairs Ministry said more than 877 million yuan in earthquake relief donations had been received as of 4 pm, May 13.
• A spokesman of China Banking Regulatory Commission said yesterday that all remittance for the earthquake relief purposes will not be charged any transaction fees.