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  • Wu Xianfang, 35, holding a picture of her daughter Wei Yu, 10, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Losing a child has been described as the worst kind of loss anyone could possibly go through. In the May 12, 2008 earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan Province, nearly 70,000 people were killed, with many thousands more missing and likely dead. Among them, at least 9,000 of them were schoolchildren  who were crushed to death by falling school buildings. <br />
Why did so many schools collapse? Victims of family, most of them are farmers and migrant workers, suspect corruption was behind these poorly built schools, known  as "tofu construction.” The government promised further investigation initially but later most of the parents were forced to sign the agreement that they will accept money and will not further hold govenment accountable for further investigation.<br />
Yu Ming Fa, 36, holding a picture of his daughter Yu Huan, 10, is seen at a rabbit house at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province. Yu is angry about a rabbit house. "School can feed rabbits to make money. It pays more attention to rabbit business  than safety of children.”
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  • Grandfather Huang Qing Tai, 70, holding a picture of grandson Fu Hao, 11, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.  Fu Hao's  parents work in Gongdong so he and his wife takes care of grandson.
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  • Zhao Xiao Ying, 36, holding a picture of her son Ji Qing Zhen, 12, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Zhang Fa Ming, 37, left, and Zhao Zheng Yin, 35, holding a picture of daughter Zhang Yi, 12,  are seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Yang Zong Chun, 30, holding a picture of her daughter Shi Xue, 10, is seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.   “I just want people to know about what happened here.
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  • Zuo Qun Fang, 40, holding a picture of son Zhang Kang Jie, 10, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province. Zuo and her husband work in Beichuan and her sons live with their grandparents.
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  • Liu Xiao Yan, 31, holding a picture of her son Du Hao, 12, is seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.
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  • Zhang Hua Shan, 37, holding a picture of his daughter Zhang Qiu Yue, 12, is seen at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province.  “The building is dangerous so they moved the older kids to another shool. I want to know why they put the younger children to this builindg."
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  • Xiang Xiao Fang, 31, holding a picture of her daughter Xu Li Ling, 10, at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Mianzhu, Sichuan province May 24, 2008. "I want to hug her again, but all I have left now is her picture. I spent all my tears."
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  • Zhao Xiao Qiong, 36, holding a picture of  daughter Lan Xiao Juan, 10, right, and Yang Zai Yin, holding a picture of  son Liu Chao, 12, are seen  at Fuxin No.2 Primary  School in Wufu, Sichuan province. Both mothers have only one child.
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