The casualty count is rising:
Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries.
The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000.
Building quality isn't what you'd like. But a more capable Chinese military will be better able to respond to the catastrophe.
My sympathies go out to the Chinese in this time.
