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On May 12, 2008, an exceptional earthquake registering 8.0 on the Richter scale hit southwest China’s Sichuan Province, becoming the 21st deadliest earthquake in China (CPC 2008m; CPC in The third plenary session of the 17th central committee of the CPC, 2008g. http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/syxw/2008-10/20/content_1453636.htm). The earthquake was felt in more than 10 provinces, including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hubei. The catastrophe affected approximately 30 million people, causing 69,226 deaths (as of August 21, 2008), injuring almost 375,000 people, leaving 18,000 missing and millions homeless, and relocating nearly 1.5 million residents (Xinhua Reporter in China sets stricter construction standards for schools after the earthquake, 2008f, December 28. http://en.people.cn/90001/90776/90882/6563083.html).
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Liu, Y. (2022). Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster Without Exploitation. In: Crisis Rhetoric and Policy Change in China. Governing China in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7763-2_5
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