For China, 2008 started with a winter storm that disrupted journeys as people returned home to their families, halting transportation and paralyzing the electricity network.
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2008 started with a winter storm that disrupted journeys as people returned home to their families, halting transportation and paralyzing the electricity network.
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But this was not the end of disasters. Just months later, the whole nation was shaken by a devastating earthquake in May in Sichuan Province. The catastrophe killed nearly 70-thousand people and led to direct economic losses of over 845-billion yuan.
But the world witnessed China's strengths through its relief efforts.
