Today, we visited the earthquake museum in BeiChuan.
The earthquake was a scale 8 earthquake, with almost 80,000
casualties. Walking in, we were greeted with beautifully crafted
statues conveying the most devastating emotions of the horrific
event. The remains of crushed up cars and clocks all displaying the
same time -14:48- were truly gut wrenching. I'll admit, I almost
cried. The walls showed pictures of the despair the victims faced,
combined with the destruction the earthquake left. We saw statues
and real items. However, soon after, the emotional roller coaster
completely melted into obvious socialist propaganda. Though it was
interesting, seeing the people band together to rescue the wounded,
that too, soon melted into socialist propaganda. Playing pirates of
the Caribbean in the background as they talked about how fast the
response was, how much the government helped out, and how 'happy'
the people are now. The heavy heavy emphasis on all the government
did to help ou
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