Monday 4 August 2008

Olympic Torch in Sichuan

Olympic torch relay made a way through the southwest province of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after the destruction of the region's major earthquake, state media said.

Torch through the village of Guang'an, the Home, the former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who instigated the many economic reforms, triggered the country's economic prosperity, Xinhua News Agency reported.

90 minutes of the start of a relay station after one minute of silence in memory of the victims, the 8.0 earthquake that caused nearly 90,000 people dead or missing.

The Group is the female policewoman Jiang Min, who took part in the rescue work after the May 12 earthquake and who lost 10 relatives in the disaster, Xinhua said.

Sichuan plans to have the torch between the 15 to 18 June, but the quake was forced to change plans. Torch will continue to remain in the province, until Tuesday, when the heads of state to Beijing.

Sichuan Mianyang will stop, the town most serious earthquake.

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