When Sichuan smiles, hearts melt

Source: China Daily | 05-13-2009 14:25

For months, 12-year-old Liang Xinyi had recurring nightmares - colorless images of buildings crashing down to the ground, horrific sounds of people screaming in fear, in pain.

The quake survivor from Dujiangyan in Sichuan province said she was suffering from a psychological trauma.

"But suddenly things got better, and I started dreaming of beautiful things in February, soon after I returned from Saudi Arabia," she told China Daily.

Liang was one of the survivors invited to visit the Middle East after the disaster, which left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing.