Meaning of Tang-shan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“It now seems likely that the worst disaster occurred in the dreadful upheaval in Tang-shan in eastern China in 1976.”

“The Chinese are at the forefront of this science, though even there, nothing could be done to prevent⟳ the awful tragedy of July 1976 when Tang-shan, a city of a million people, was reduced to rubble in a few minutes.[...]After Tang-shan, the Chinese government did not seek⟳ outside help⟳ but poured its own⟳ resources in on an extraordinary scale. Tens of thousands of relief workers arrived to restore⟳ services, repair⟳ damage⟳ and provide⟳ medical aid, and Tang-shan was recreated with amazing speed⟳.”

“On 28 July 1976, China suffered its worst earthquake for four centuries, almost directly underneath the densely-populated city of Tang-shan.[…] The violence of the quake hurled people 2m (6ft) into the air, and within a matter⟳ of seconds 95 per cent of Tang-shan had collapsed into rubble. The earth split⟳ open⟳ into wide fissures and thousands of sink-holes, trees were uprooted and railroad tracks buckled. Amazingly, coal-miners working in the solid rock deep below Tang-shan survived the violent shaking that razed the city above them.”

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