Strong women in post-quake Sichuan
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Editor's note
Death is painful, but life is not easy either. Three years have passed, but the painful memories are still difficult to forget, if they will ever be forgotten. For women who survived the 8.0-magnitutude earthquake in Sichuan, life has been turned upside down. But with a strong will and a fragile heart, they are trying to put the pieces back together again.
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Jing Xuelian lost her son during the Wenchuan earthquake. Her husband committed suicide a year later. When nights fall, Jing Xuelian sits alone and expresses her thoughts about her husband and son on her blog. |
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Li Zhao's husband committed suicide after the earthquake. She resisted her emotions and never mentioned her husband's name without being prompted. |
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Liu Ling lost her son and her legs during the earthquake. Now, she and her new husband have a child. |
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Zeng Muhui, 41, lost a daughter and a son in the earthquake. There had been no smile on her face until she gave birth again. Only when she held her one-year-old daughter in her arms did Zeng seem to be really alive. |
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When Zhou Xiaohong was ready to begin a new life after the quake, her husband died in a traffic accident. "Seeing the kid, I feel better." These words have been on the minds of all mothers since the earthquake. |
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Li Mingcui, once trapped under the rubble for 164 hours before being rescued, was labeled the strongest woman of the Sichuan earthquake. "Now, my thoughts are the same as they were under the debris: I have to live!" she said. |
