The scenes of destruction and devastation are growing worse by the day in earthquake-hit China.
Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan is in Beichuan, one of the areas hardest hit by the quake.
She sent this exclusive report.
Chinese authorities have sent out more than 130,000 soldiers and police, to help search for survivors, after Monday’s devastating quake. But as each hour passes, rescue efforts are turning into a grim search for bodies. China is now warning the death toll could top 50,000. There’s also a new threat that a nearby dam could burst, engulfing the entire town. Al Jazeera’s correspondent Melissa Chan reports.
China has imposed a partial ban on smoking in public places in line with its aim to hold a smoke-free Olympic Games. Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports on the hundreds of thousands of people who have been prevented from returning home by heavy snowfalls.
In the wake of the Olympics, the benefits of Beijing’s rapid economic development is not being felt by many of the capital’s residents. Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports.