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The article focuses on the rapid rebuilding effort of China in Dujiangyan since a massive earthquake in May 2008. Government officials decided that they have to produce a plan for reconstructing a disaster zone covering around 50,000 square miles by August. The city government has requested architects and planners from France, Malaysia and Japan to contribute to the program. It is noted that a museum commemorating the disaster is scheduled to be built in the old county seat of Beichuan.

The article focuses on a search for someone to blame for the Sichuan earthquake which led to the collapse of Dongqi Middle School in China in May 2008. The school was operated for years by a subsidiary of state-owned power-generating equipment producer Dongfang Electric Corp. According to government statistics, the country was devoting 2.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to education. It says that it is not clear whether underfunding led to systematic construction problems at schools that exacerbated the death toll across the earthquake zone.

The article reports on the first foreign rescue team allowed in China by authorities to search for survivors in Sichuan. The rescue team from Japan, which was rushed into the earthquake zone, was not able to fully coordinate with Chinese authorities as such there was confusion and delays in the rescue works. A team of 31 Japanese rescue experts, trained to use high-tech sensors to detect people trapped under debris, searched for a mother and baby in Qingchuan County. It is noted that China was criticized for being late in accepting foreign help.

The article reports on the problems faced by hospitals in the Sichuan province of China after the area was hit by an earthquake on May 12, 2008. After thousands of earthquake victims were rushed to various hospitals in the said province, they are said to be refusing to leave even after treatment since their houses have collapsed. Others fear to transfer to other hospitals in Beijing or Shanghai due to high medical fees. Hospital officials state that most healthy patients are taking up rooms that are supposed to be for other patients.