Urged on by President Hu Jintao, who had cut short an official visit to South America, rescuers April 18 continued their search for survivors of the 6.9-magnitude quake April 14 that killed 2,039 people and injured more than 12,000 in Qinghai province.

But by April 19, with heavy construction machinery and trucks carrying aid beginning to clog the streets of Jiegu, the main city in the remote Tibetan region, it was obvious the effort had turned to rebuilding.

AP