Chinese earthquake survivors recovered in hospital as rescue teams rushed to deliver supplies on Thursday, the third day since the country's deadliest quake in years killed 135 people.At the Jishishan County People's Hospital in Gansu, near the epicentre of the quake, doctors attended to survivors with mild injuries on Thursday, administering intravenous drips and examining X-rays in buildings visibly damaged by the tremor.
Chinese authorities are facing a "race against time" to ensure victims of the deadliest earthquake in years can be sheltered from freezing winter temperatures, a local official told AFP on Thursday."Right now, it's a race against time to meet the needs of the population as quickly as possible, so that people can spend a warm winter in complete safety," Zhou Yongfeng, an official from Gansu's Jishishan county, told AFP.
Swathes of China are experiencing record-breaking cold temperatures, with aut