Tangshan Earthquake. 30th Anniversary Edition

Author: Qian Gang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Twenty-four thousand people are undoubtedly a tragic whole. They took away the complete vitality and emotions ten years ago, leaving Tangshan with a sense of incompleteness in both appearance and spirit to this day. Everything seems to have vanished, yet everything seems to have been left behind. It is as if the pain has ceased to be painful, and the sorrow has ceased to be sorrowful. The author hopes that the "tragic history" of the Tangshan earthquake will never be forgotten or submerged.
The Tangshan earthquake of July 28, 1976, is the most tragic chapter in the four hundred-year history of earthquakes worldwide, causing the death of 240,000 people, 160,000 serious injuries, and reducing a major industrial city to ruins in an instant. The direct economic losses exceeded 10 billion yuan. The author once rushed to Tangshan to participate in the earthquake relief efforts and personally experienced the profound suffering of the region, which was as severe as a war.
Afterward, the author spent ten years tirelessly interviewing and tracking the events. Through meticulous organization and analysis, he recorded the various responses of humanity to natural disasters with sincere emotions and refined prose, presenting a panoramic view of the time. He traced the mysterious facts and phenomena before and after the earthquake, reflecting on the ultimate question of how humans should coexist with nature in the process of modernization.