China Wenchuan earthquake s

May 12, 2008, in China's Sichuan province suffered Richter 8 earthquake, 88,000 people dead or missing, 500 million people lost their homes. According to Chinese government statistics, the disaster caused a direct economic loss of 124 billion U.S. dollars, reconstruction work will take many years, the reconstruction costs may more than 245 billion U.S. dollars.

Chen Qiang, freelance photographer, now living in Hefei, China