The Long March-4B rocket carrying the remote-sensing satellite "Yaogan V" blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, December 15, 2008. [Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![The Long March-4B rocket carrying the remote-sensing satellite 'Yaogan V' blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, December 15, 2008. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081216/000bcdb953f10ab1692822.jpg "The Long March-4B rocket carrying the remote-sensing satellite 'Yaogan V' blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, December 15, 2008. [Xinhua]")
