Rescuers search for victims Zhouqu, China
China has said goodbye to more than 1,200 people that died (at least 500 are still missing) in the Zhouqu mudslide last week which was triggered by heavy rains.
Some 5,000 rescue workers and Zhouqu residents of Gansu province bowed their heads in silence yesterday during a period of national mourning.
Shops were ordered to close and coal miners and railway workers stopped work.
Meanwhile in Beijing, the giant Chinese flag on Tiananmen Square was lowered to half-staff.
The Weather Man 