Liu Mingxiu is 85 Years old. It was the first thing she told me. She was walking along the road between the lines of tents when she saw me talking with the two Mi sisters, two women 20 years her younger. She was proud of her age, showing me with her fingers. A prestigious age, [...]

I met the Mi sisters, Mi Zhongxiu and Mi Zhongying, strolling down one of the streets in the tent camp in Loushui. They invited me to sit with under the tarp them outside their tent, out of the rain. Like almost everyone I met, I spent the few minutes convincing them I had eaten already: [...]

Luhui is a small district of Loushui about 50km from Chengdu. It was hit hard by the earthquake, though many buildings remain standing very few are inhabited. Driving through the town see streets lined with shops shuttered closed with iron gates. Scatters amongst the shops that remain, are huge piles or rubble. It looks as [...]

Li Yen worked for the government at the population control office of Loushui before the earthquake. Her husband is the head of Liuhu, a small district in Loushui, and fills me in on the details of her district. She is a small, soft-spoken woman, competent and hopeful. When she finishes telling me details about Liuhu, [...]