Shaanxi experienced the highest death toll as a result of the aftershock, with four people losing their lives.

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Shen, 30, grew up in coal-rich Shaanxi Province and attended medical school there.

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In 1995, Konka boldly plowed 18 million RMB into Shaanxi Konka Co.

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For the geographically-challenged, Erdos sits in the southwestern part of Inner Mongolia near where Shaanxi province meets the autonomous region known as Ningxia.

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"It turned out to be one of the most spectacular finds of the 20th century, " says Jin Xianyong, associate researcher at the Shaanxi Archaeology Institute.

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This three-year programme is set in six counties of Guizhou, Yunnan and Shaanxi Provinces, identified as the most vulnerable in terms of food security conditions.

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However, some internet users were not so impressed and complain that the star-studded gala was "boring" with more "sleeping points" than "laughing points", Shaanxi News Net and Oriental Daily News report.

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