Pupils attend the flag rising ceremony at a school in mudslide-battered Zhouqu County in northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 25, 2010. Primary and junior middle school students in Zhouqu began their new semester Wednesday. [Xinhua]

Pupils read a text in the class at a school in mudslide-battered Zhouqu County in northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 25, 2010. Primary and junior middle school students in Zhouqu began their new semester Wednesday. [Xinhua]