Photo taken on Feb. 18, 2009 shows the snow-covered Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China. The first snowfall hitting Beijing this year continued Wednesday morning. [Zhang Min/Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Photo taken on Feb. 18, 2009 shows the snow-covered Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China. The first snowfall hitting Beijing this year continued Wednesday morning. [Zhang Min/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090219/000cf1a48b7f0b06faa112.jpg "Photo taken on Feb. 18, 2009 shows the snow-covered Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China. The first snowfall hitting Beijing this year continued Wednesday morning. [Zhang Min/Xinhua]")
