China: All-out rescue efforts in quake-hit Xizang

Rescuers unload disaster relief materials in Cuobu Village of Lnaze County, Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2025. Resettlement is proceeding in an orderly manner after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China, on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A rescuer helps local people set up a tent in Cuobu Village of Lnaze County, Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2025. Resettlement is proceeding in an orderly manner after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China, on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

People unload disaster relief materials in Cuobu Village of Lnaze County, Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2025. Resettlement is proceeding in an orderly manner after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China, on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

The first after-quake newborn sleeps in an incubator at the Xigaze People’s Hospital in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2025. The baby was given birth to on Thursday by a woman transferred from the earthquake’s epicenter in Dingri County. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

A nurse communicates with the mother of the first after-quake newborn at the Xigaze People’s Hospital in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2025. The baby was given birth to on Thursday by a woman transferred from the earthquake’s epicenter in Dingri County. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Rescuers assemble beds for quake-affected residents at a resettlement site in a village in Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Children raise hands to answer questions during a psychology class given by a social work service center at a resettlement site of quake-affected residents in a village in Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

A fire rescuer interacts with a child at a relocation site in a village of Dingri County in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. Rescue and relief efforts were made after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region on Jan. 7. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

A rescuer holds hands with a child at a relocation site in a village of Dingri County, in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. Rescue and relief efforts were made after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region on Jan. 7. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Soldiers of the armed police transfer relief supplies at a warehouse in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. As the search and rescue efforts went on, 170,000 urgently needed items such as quilts, blankets, cotton coats, stoves and instant noodles were shipped to the disaster area. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

A truck of China Post loaded with relief supplies drives towards the epicenter of the earthquake on a section of National Highway 318vin Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. As the search and rescue efforts went on, 170,000 urgently needed items such as quilts, blankets, cotton coats, stoves and instant noodles were shipped to the disaster area. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

A staff member fixes relief supplies on a truck on the National Highway 318 in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. As the search and rescue efforts went on, 170,000 urgently needed items such as quilts, blankets, cotton coats, stoves and instant noodles were shipped to the disaster area. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

A doctor inquires a resident injured in the earthquake at the Xigaze People’s Hospital in Xigaze City, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. All-out rescue efforts are being underway after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in Xigaze City on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Rescuers conduct rescue work at a village in Chamco Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Rescuers work at a village in Changsuo Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Rescuers prepare dinner at a village in Changsuo Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Rescuers conduct rescue work at a village in Changsuo Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. (Photo by Hu Zikui/Xinhua)

Rescuers search for survivors in Changsuo Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…