The Grievous Night of Qingchuan: Witnessing the Japanese Rescue Team Searching and Rescuing in the Disaster Area

The Grievous Night in Qingchuan - Witnessing the Japanese Rescue Team Conducting Search and Rescue in the Sichuan Disaster Area

Xinhua News Agency, Qingchuan, Sichuan, May 17th (by Bai Jie) (Editor's note: Interrupted mobile phone calls, choked voices, anxious waiting, and helplessness from being thousands of miles away. The editor has been maintaining a difficult connection with Bai Jie, our reporter located in the Qingchuan disaster area of Sichuan earthquake, from the early hours of the 16th to the 17th. After accompanying the Japanese rescue team into Qingchuan, she braved the aftershocks, making every effort to report back to the rear on the search and rescue situation there, and we have also broadcast several pieces of news. Last night, Bai Jie spent an unforgettable night in Qingchuan in the rescue vehicle with several female staff members from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This morning, she sent back this report to the rear.)