Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China

A student is stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)  Photo Gallery>>>

At least 1,000 students buried in China county worst hit by quake

    BEICHUAN, Sichuan, May 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 1,000 students and teachers were dead or missing in a high school in Beichuan county of southwest China's Sichuan Province, which suffered the worst from Monday's earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale.

    The main building of Beichuan Middle School in Mianyang City, 160 kilometers northeast of Chengdu, collapsed when the quake hit at around 2:30 pm, and very few students escaped, parents and rescuers said. Full story

A student helps his schoolmate stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008.  (Xinhua Photo)  Photo Gallery>>>

  

Medical workers give treatment to a wounded person stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Locals shed tears in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Relief soldiers carry out a wounded student from the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>