“They may come and go, but our gratitude lasts for the rest of our lives,” said Jiang Zhihui, magistrate of Miansi Town, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province. His thanks goes to the people of Zhuhai City, thousands miles away in Guangdong Province. Generous and timely aid from the coastal city lifted the rural town out of the shambles of the 2008 earthquake, and what’s more, has catapulted its development to a level that would have taken 20 years under normal circumstances. “They may come and go, but our gratitude lasts for the rest of our lives, ” said Jiang Zhihui, magistrate of Miansi Town, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province. His thanks goes to the people of Zhuhai City, thousands miles away in Guangdong Province. Generous and timely aid from the coastal city lifted the rural town out of the shambles of the 2008 earthquake, and what’s more, has catapulted its development to a level that would have taken 20 years under normal circumstances.