People enjoy warm weather in the spring along a river as osiers begin to sprout when the temperature reaches 20 degrees centigrade in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, March 16, 2009. [Zhu Zheng/Xinhua]
(Xinhua News Agency March 17, 2009)
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![People enjoy warm weather in the spring along a river as osiers begin to sprout when the temperature reaches 20 degrees centigrade in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, March 16, 2009. [Zhu Zheng/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090317/000cf1a48b7f0b294ac209.jpg "People enjoy warm weather in the spring along a river as osiers begin to sprout when the temperature reaches 20 degrees centigrade in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, March 16, 2009. [Zhu Zheng/Xinhua]")
