Rescuer returns from Turkiye quake devastation

GUIYANG — Clutching a bouquet of flowers, Jiang Zhaohua's heart raced with anticipation as she waited for her fiance Liu Zhengling at a railway station in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, earlier last week.

As Liu exited the station with 12 other members of the China Blue Sky Rescue Team returning from quake-hit Turkiye, Jiang rushed forward and gave her fiance a big hug.

Liu, 28, joined the civil relief squad in November 2018. He took up the role as captain of the squad's branch in Qianxi city in Guizhou in May 2020.