China quake death toll climbs to more than 2,000
Ethnic Tibetan women rest amid the ruins of their destroyed house in the earthquake-hit Gyegu town in Yushu County, Qinghai province April 18, 2010.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The official death toll from an earthquake on China's remote Tibetan plateau has climbed to 2,039, state media said on Tuesday.
Another 195 people are still listed as missing following the quake, which struck Yushu county in the western province of Qinghai last Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency said.
(Editing by Sugita Katyal)
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Gesar wrote:
Reuters should be aware this quake occured in Kyigudo (Ch:Yushu) which is in the Kham region of Tibet, not in China. This area was forcible annexed into Qinghai in 1965 but Tibetans consider it part of Tibet. Condolences should be sent to the Tibetan people, not to the Chinese Govt who has done tremendous harm to Tibetans in the last 50 years. Tibetan Budhists in Kyigudo are devout followers of the Dalai Lama and they desire China to allow the Dalai Lama to visit Kyigudo on a humanitarian mission.
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