For a traveler from Beijing,accustomed to the semiarid expanses of the northern plains,arriving in Sichuan Province looks somewhat like entering a mirage.A Land of Cockaigne,bathed in countless stream
Mixed feelingsof griefa n d h o p eran throughmy mind as I took partin a four-day tour ofthe most devastatedareas hit by the greatearthquake in SichuanProvince on May 12,2008. 注:“本文中所涉及到的图表、公式、注解等请以