Tales of pain and joy: Mothers and children after Wenchuan quake
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Left photo was taken in 2013 and right in 2017. [Photos/VCG] |
Chen Xiurong, 41, Xu Jianle, 7
Chen lost a daughter in the earthquake. As a tour guide, Chen wears colorful clothes of Qiang ethnic group every morning as she waits for tourists at the exit of highways. She is still unable to hold back her tears when tourists ask her about the earthquake's impact on her. Neighbors say the little girl looks like her lost daughter, and Chen believes the daughter is still with them.
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