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Xi visits epicenter of 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, lays flowers for deceased

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2018-02-13 13:46Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping ECNS App Download

Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday visited Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, epicenter of the magnitude 8 earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.[Special coverage]

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited the ruins of a middle school, where he laid flowers in memory of more than 80,000 people killed in the earthquake and heroes who died during rescue work.

 

  

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