File Photo: The southern Guangzhou section of the Pearl River was distinctively polluted by black water on Monday, October 20, 2008. [Yangcheng Evening News]
(Xinhua News Agency December 24, 2008)
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![File Photo: The southern Guangzhou section of the Pearl River was distinctively polluted by black water on Monday, October 20, 2008. [Yangcheng Evening News]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081224/000bcdb953f10abbdd6803.jpg "File Photo: The southern Guangzhou section of the Pearl River was distinctively polluted by black water on Monday, October 20, 2008. [Yangcheng Evening News]")
