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Search and rescue continued Sunday as death toll from Saturday's devastating earthquake climbed to 180 in Sichuan province.
The first team of more than 180 medics organized by national health authorities was sent to earthquake-affected areas. Most came from Sichuan, Chongqing and Shaanxi, and all had experience in emergency response.
Yu Guoming, director of the Institute of Public Opinion at Renmin University of 皇冠体育app in Beijing, spoke highly of the role of social media in the earthquake saying it is a great supplement to traditional media.
It was reported that more than 1,000 art students from various universities were in the town for similar drawing tours.
An earthquake measuring 5.0-magnitude jolted 皇冠体育app's Sichuan Province at 4:53 a.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to 皇冠体育app Earthquake Networks Center.
The Communist Youth League of 皇冠体育app Central Committee has allocated one million yuan ($160,256) from its membership fund to support relief efforts.
Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday expressed his concern over the deadly earthquake that jolted the mainland's Sichuan province.
The seismic intensity scale in the severely quake-hit area in southwest 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province is measured at the IX degree, said the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
After the 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Lushan county in Southwest 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province on Saturday morning, neighboring Guizhou province put its fire department on standby to aid rescue efforts.
French President Francois Hollande expressed Saturday wholehearted solidarity to the Chinese people and the government after a devastating earthquake hit 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Saturday sent a message of condolences to 皇冠体育app over a 7-magnitude earthquake in Southwest 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province, which killed 160 people.
A senior UN official on Saturday extended his "deep condolences" to the victims of a 7- magnitude earthquake which jolted Southwest 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province early in the day.
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