Six months after the Sichuan earthquake

Tony Cheng of Al-Jazeera follows up on the Sichuan earthquake refugees and finds many of them running out of patience because the aid that was promised to them never arrived due to suspected corruption. Many of these refugees are still living in temporary shelters in massive camps (which to the credit of the Chinese government was an incredible feat), but with no job, no land to till, and no place to really call their own, they don't see any light at the end of the tunnel.

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