By China Daily Published: April 26, 2013 Major improvement in emergency response and relief work credited for saving lives. China’s new leadership was faced with the first major natural disaster since they took office a month ago after a major earthquake hit Sichuan province on April 20. Compared with the Wenchuan earthquake five years ago, which caused nearly 70,000 deaths in the same province, the reaction and relief work at Ya’an city in Lushan county this time was speedier and more efficient, with better technology and emergency response system in…
