the cost of the sichuan earthquake both in human and economic terms was colossal.ed to the chinese government announcing in november 2008 that it would spend around $146 billion on reparations over the next three years. at least $17.5 billion of this would go towards making sure that schools, hospitals and various other public buildings are designed to much more exacting standards than before. in february 2009 as millions of homeless people still shivered in their tents and other makeshift accommodation, a number of us and chinese scientists began questioning what had caused the devastating earthquake in the first place. they suggest it might have been triggered by a giant hydroelectric dam, built just three miles from the epicentre and only 550 yards from the longmenshan fault line. the zipingpu dam is 511 feet high and holds back more than 300 million tons of water. the scientists believe that the weight of water is so great that it could have penetrated the rock and put tremendous pressure on the fault line below. but so far the authorities have refused to admit

and our reporter has just returned from sichuan. he's now in our beijing studios. tell us what you saw there. >> i visited the county in the north of sichuan province, one of the hardest hit areas. the old area was ♪ >>> iran's nuclear energy organization issued a statement descbing the talks as candid. the two sides have discussed ways to carry out nuclear verification. the iaea wants access to the military complex near tehran. experts suspect the site is being used for nuclear experiments. iranian authorities insist they are developing their program for civilian purposes. israel, the u.s. and other nations believe they are trying to build nuclear weapons. >>> israel's economic blockade can make life difficult for palestinians in the gaza strip. but now a local athlete competing in this summer's olympic games is lifting people's spirits. nhk world reports. >> reporter: 19-year-old will run the 400-meter sprint. it won't be the first time he has competed internationally. at last year's world championship in south korea, he set a new record for palestine. now he is

. >>> it's been four years since a powerful earthquake struck china's sichuan province, it left more than 80,000 people dead or missing. the government has spent more than $270 billion on rebuilding the area, but its efforts do little to help bereaved families recover from their pain. nhk world's utell oktani reports. >> reporter: four years after the earthquake, the government sponsored memorial services across the province. yingxhu is the nearest town to the quake's epicenter. the powerful jolt flattened all the houses. 6,000 people died. about half the town's population. i visited a junior high school that used to stand in the town's center. the remains of several students are still buried under the wreckage. officials are preserving what is left of the building as a quake memorial. they say with the parents' consent. china's government is quickly restoring the destroyed areas. because the region has become widely known as the one closest to the epicenter, authorities are making it a tourist spot. the government has spent about $270 million on restoration projects such as building

this stray has followed a cyclist for more than 20 days on their journey along the sichuan tie bet highwaye dogs name is little sa. one of the cyclists fed it and that's all the dog needed. one cyclist started a blog about the dog's journey and that blog has 40,000 followers. the dog is following the cycle

similar incidents happened in sichuan and qinghai provinces.he latest cases are the first reported in lhasa. according to an agency an official in the region criticized the acts saying they were done for tibet's aim to separate from china. chinese government authorities tightened their control and monitoring of tibetan temples across the nation after the 2008 uprising in lhasa. u.s. affiliated broadcasting in yarb says the city is filled with police and paramilitary forces. >>> a japanese race car driver is making a switch he hopes won't affect his success. nobuhiro tajima has won the annual pike's peek climb. he will head to colorado in july with a new set of wheels, a car that is cleaner and greener. nhk world's ayumi kimura has the story. >> reporter: tajima is aiming for his seventh straight victory in his new electric car. >> translator: this will be a new era in the history of motor racing. >> reporter: the course is over 150 turns and cars reach speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour. up to now his cars have all been gasoline powered. l

. >>> may the 12th marked the fourth anniversary of a powerful quake that struck sichuan province. more than 80,000 people are dead or missing. the chinese government has spent more than $270 billion on rebuilding the area. but its efforts do little to help grieved families recover from their pain. nhk world's yuko akutani reports. >> reporter: four years after the earthquake, the government sponsored memorial services across the province. yingxiu is the nearest town the quake's epicenter. the powerful jolt flattened all the houses. 6,000 people died, about half the town's population. i visited a junior high school that used to stand in the town center. the remains of several students are still buried under the wreckage. officials are preserving what is left of the building as a quake memorial. they say with the parents' consent. china's government is quickly restoring the destroyed areas. because the region has become widely known as the one closest to the epicenter, authorities are making it a tourist spot. the government has spent about $270 million on restoration projects such

. >>> may 12th marked the fourth anniversary of a powerful quake that struck sichuan province. the government spent more than $270 billion on rebuilding the area. but the efforts do little to help bereaved families recover from their pain. nhk world's yuko okatani reports. >> reporter: four years after the earthquake, the government sponsored memorial services across the province. yingxu was close to the epicenter. powerful jolt flattened all the houses. half of the town's population died. i visited a junior high school that used to stand in the town center. the remains of several students are still buried under the wreckage. officials are preserving what is left of the building as a quake memorial. they say with the parents' consent. china's government is quickly restoring the destroyed areas. because the region has become widely known as the one closest to the epicenter, authorities are making it a tourist spot. the government has spent about $270 million on restoration projects such as building apartment blocks. souvenir shops occupy first floor. a four-star hotel now stands

you can't get into sichuan. the tibetan ethnic areas. >> one of the fascinating things, the uprising a couple of years ago, the foreign ministry set up a press center for foreign journalists. i'm guessing they thought, because the violence seemed to be directed against han chinese, they thought maybe they'd get the kind of press they expected if the foreign press came in. >> you know also who set up a press sector i understand is the protesters in the village that rose up against this local official. they had like a sort of underground railroad for foreign correspondents to get in because they'd been blocked off. i think that's a very interesting development, the idea that even chinese villagers recognized the importance of the foreign media and the reporting that foreign reporters can do about events in china, is significant for people inside china too. that's a really new development. and that level of awareness of the foreign media and sophistication was unthinkable in the old days when marcus and i were ther

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