🏔️ Saturday Series: Episode 9 – The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake 🏔️ On May 12, 2008, a 7.9 earthquake ripped through Sichuan, China. Mountain valleys shook apart, entire towns collapsed, and landslides dammed rivers into dangerous quake lakes. Nearly 90,000 lives were lost. #SaturdaySeries #DisasterEdition #Earthquake #Sichuan #2008 #ChinaHistory | Above The Norm News

46K views · 157 reactions | Writer Alai was among the first volunteers to arrive at the epicenter after an earthquake hit Sichuan Province in Southwest China on May 12, 2008, causing tens of thousands of deaths and widespread damage. Ten years on, Alai wrote the novel In the Cloud in which, using a poetic narrative, he attempts to come to terms with the earthquake's aftermath. #TheArtBeat #SharedFuture10Years #TheNewSilkRoad | China Plus Culture | Facebook