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‘Fallen City’ Review: An Emotional Look at Recovery in China

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Christopher Campbell
Jul 28, 2014
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The town of Beichuan was nearly obliterated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China. Most of the buildings were leveled, and nearly every resident lost at least one family member. In a disaster that claimed tens of thousands of lives, left millions homeless and caused billions in damage, this one town was hit especially hard. The people of Beichuan don’…

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