Chinese students still missing
By Zhang Xuanchen |
February 26, 2011, Saturday
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The whereabouts of 26 Chinese students in earthquake-hit Christchurch in New Zealand remain unknown, a rescue official with the Chinese Embassy said yesterday.
Most are believed to be female students of King's Education housed in the Canterbury Television building which collapsed on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Police are still verifying their identities, said the Chinese Embassy's Wang Shenggang. The New Zealand News Herald released a list of 26 names but that was not confirmed by authorities.
A team of 10 Chinese specialists and equipment arrived in Christchurch at 3:30pm yesterday to join in the rescue work in the worst-hit city center area. But New Zealand police said it was unlikely that the 112 people believed buried in the rubble of the CTV building would have survived.
Meanwhile, a Chinese female student previously listed as missing by the training school was in a stable condition after treatment for minor head injures.
Liu Hongling, a native of Beijing, said she was having lunch on the third floor of the building at 12:50pm when the building collapsed.
She crawled through the rubble and returned to her apartment with the help of passers-by.
Her landlord called police and helped her contact her family.
"It was like a sci-fi movie," Liu said.
The student said she didn't see any others escaping with her because the earthquake had happened so quickly.
Meanwhile, a group of 15 Chinese students in Auckland have set up a website in both Chinese and English to gather information about missing people that will be later transferred to the Chinese Embassy.
The website http://earthquakesupport.wordpress.com/ has received nearly 1 million clicks, the New Zealand Chinese Herald said yesterday.
The group calling itself "New Zealand Chinese Youth Federation" also offered shelter to those evacuated to the country's largest city.
The death toll from the earthquake had risen to 113 with 228 people still missing as of last night.
More than 70 people have been pulled out of the wreckage alive.
Most are believed to be female students of King's Education housed in the Canterbury Television building which collapsed on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Police are still verifying their identities, said the Chinese Embassy's Wang Shenggang. The New Zealand News Herald released a list of 26 names but that was not confirmed by authorities.
A team of 10 Chinese specialists and equipment arrived in Christchurch at 3:30pm yesterday to join in the rescue work in the worst-hit city center area. But New Zealand police said it was unlikely that the 112 people believed buried in the rubble of the CTV building would have survived.
Meanwhile, a Chinese female student previously listed as missing by the training school was in a stable condition after treatment for minor head injures.
Liu Hongling, a native of Beijing, said she was having lunch on the third floor of the building at 12:50pm when the building collapsed.
She crawled through the rubble and returned to her apartment with the help of passers-by.
Her landlord called police and helped her contact her family.
"It was like a sci-fi movie," Liu said.
The student said she didn't see any others escaping with her because the earthquake had happened so quickly.
Meanwhile, a group of 15 Chinese students in Auckland have set up a website in both Chinese and English to gather information about missing people that will be later transferred to the Chinese Embassy.
The website http://earthquakesupport.wordpress.com/ has received nearly 1 million clicks, the New Zealand Chinese Herald said yesterday.
The group calling itself "New Zealand Chinese Youth Federation" also offered shelter to those evacuated to the country's largest city.
The death toll from the earthquake had risen to 113 with 228 people still missing as of last night.
More than 70 people have been pulled out of the wreckage alive.
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