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two chemical plants
What leaked liquid ammonia in Shifang?
fewer than 60
How many of the 900 students buried in a Dujiangyan school collapse survived?
southwestern China
Where were the exchanges based?
Copper
What metal rose in value?
oil
What natural resource dropped in value?
suspended trading
What did the Shanghai Stock Exchange do?
southwestern China
Where were companies located that had their stock trading suspended?
Copper
What metal rose due to speculation?
Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Besides the Shanghai Stock Exchange, what other exchange suspended trading of southwestern China stock?
mobile and terrestrial
What kinds of telecommunications were cut?
internet
What capabilities were cut to the entire Sichuan area?
months
How long did it take for these capabilities to be restored?
telecommunications
What was cut after the earthquake?
Sichuan area
Where were the internet cut?
the government
Who restored communications over a period of months?
news and media websites
What internet services were decreased in the area?
major news and media
What services were finally online again?
2,300
How many base stations did China Mobile have suspended?
more than 700
How many Unicom towers were suspended?
2,300
How many China Mobile base stations stopped working?
traffic congestion
Besides power disruption, what caused telecommunications to be suspended?
Half
How many wireless communications failed in Sichuan?
China Unicom
Whose service in Wenchuan was cut off?
700
How many of China Unicom's towers were cut?
the Wolong National Nature Reserve
What place could officials not contact?
around 280
How many pandas live at the Reserve?
31
How many British visitors to the Reserve left unharmed?
2
How many pandas were injured?
Wolong National Nature Reserve
What nature center was cutoff?
Six
How many pandas escaped the reserve?
five
How many security guards died at the reserve?
Mao Mao
What famous panda was killed under the rubble?
Hydropower Plant
What power plant was damaged?
20 km east
How far away was the plant located from the epicenter?
2,000
How many troops were allocated to Zipingpu?
391
How many dams were damaged?
Zipingpu Hydropower Plant
What power plant was damaged by the earthquake?
20 km
How near to the epicenter was the power plant?
less severe
What has a recent inspection found about the damage to the power plant?
Tulong reservoir
What might possibly collapse upstream from the power plant?
391
What is the total number of dams damaged?
69,180
How many deaths were reported?
68,636
How many deaths were reported only in the Sichuan province?
18,498
How many people were listed as missing?
374,176
How many people were injured?
158
How many earthquake relief workers were killed?
68,636
How many died in Sichuan?
69,180
What is the total tally of known deaths caused by the earthquake?
18,498
What is the number of missing persons?
374,176
How many people were injured?
tried to repair roads
What were the 158 relief workers doing when they were killed?
2,300
How many survivors were there from Yingxiu?
in Wenchuan
Where is Yingxiu located?
9,000
How many people in total lived in Yingxiu?
3,000 to 5,000
How many people were killed in Beichuan County?
10,000
How many people were injured in Beichuan County?
2,300
How many survivors were there in the town of Yingxiu?
about 9,000
What was the previous population of Yingxiu?
3,000 to 5,000
How many residents were killed in Beichuan County?
10,000
How large was the number of injured in Beichuan County?
Eight schools
What is the number of schools that collapsed in Dujiangyan?
Health care
What is poor about inland areas such as Sichuan?
Gao Qiang
Who was the Vice Minister of Health?
public health care system in China is insufficient
What did Gao Qiang tell reporters in Beijing?
neglected and untouched
How economically forward has this area been?
inland areas
Where is health care poor in China?
insufficient
What did the Vice Minster of Health call the public health system in China?
medical treatment
What should the government of China be responsible for providing to earthquake survivors?
thousands
How many school children died due to shoddy construction?
seven
How many schools collapsed in Mianyang City?
1,700
How many people were buried in the collapsed schools?
7,000
How many school buildings collapsed in the province?
700
How many students were buried in a school in Hanwang?
shoddy construction
What caused the deaths of many school children?
seven
How many schools collapsed in Mianyang City
1,700
How many people were buried under rubble in Mianyang City?
7,000
How many school buildings fell in the entire province?
600
How many were killed at the Juyuan Elementary School?
December 2008
When did an investigation occur under school casualties?
May 7, 2009
When was the official tally of students killed in the earthquake released?
5,335
How many students were killed in Xinhua?
546
How many students were disabled in Xinhua?
May 7, 2009
What date were the official numbers of students killed in the earthquake released?
Ai Weiwei
Who kept a blog about the school deaths?
5,335
What is the total of school children killed?
546
How many children are disabled?
fertility clinics
Where did the Chinese government decide that parents who had lost children could go for free treatment?
5 million
How many people were left without housing?
11 million
How many people could be potentially without housing?
12.5 million
How many animals were killed?
1 million
How many pigs died in Sichuan?
at least 5 million
Because of the earthquake, how many people did not have housing?
11 million
How many people might actually be homeless?
12.5 million animals
How much livestock was lost?
a million
How many pigs died from the earthquake in Sichuan ?
Reginald DesRoches
Who was a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech?
professor of civil and environmental engineering
What is the profession of Reginald DesRoches?
1976
When did China create a seismic design code for building?
Tangshan earthquake
What catastrophe inspired them to make a building design code/
an international reconnaissance team of engineers was dispatched to the region
What happened days following the disaster?