Emergency Management in China

As a result, the PRC's National Flag and Regional Flags of Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR were raised at half mast. At 14:28 CST on May 19, 2008, a week after the earthquake, the Chinese public held a moment of silence. People stood silent for three minutes while air defense, police and fire sirens, and the horns of vehicles, vessels and trains ... ................
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