In that moment 30 years ago this week, she became one of millions whose lives were blighted when a powerful earthquake flattened the industrial city of Tangshan and killed more than 242,000 people.

Aerial view of Tangshan City 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail Xinhua, July 28, 2021 Aerial photo taken on July 26, 2021 shows the Tangshan quake monument in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province.

Aerial photo taken on April 26, 2021 shows the Kailuan coal mine in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province. Tangshan City in north China's Hebei Province, leaning against the Yanshan ...

Tangshan, China, Jul 27 (efe_epa).Tangshan, China, Jul 27 (efe_epa). — It was on July 28, 1976 that 242,000 inhabitants of the city of Tangshan, in northeastern China, lost their lives in an ...

In the 30 years following the quake, the people of Tangshan built a modern city from the ruins through 10 years of reconstruction, 10 years revitalization and another 10 years of new development.

Aerial photo taken on June 9, 2020 shows a view of a park reconstructed from sinkholes in a coal mining area in Guye District of Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province. The distrist has been ...