Four Chinese nationals have been killed in the devastating Nepal earthquake that left hundreds of Chinese tourists stranded in the country, which is still reeling from the aftershocks of its worst tragedy in 80 years. Four Chinese were killed and five were critically injured in the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal yesterday, the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu said. The four Chinese included one tourist, one climber and two working in a Chinese company, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Nearly, 683 Chinese tourists have been stranded in Nepal following the earthquake, Chinese tourism authorities said today. There are some 52 Chinese tourist groups in Nepal besides individual tourists, China National Tourism Administration said. These tourists came from Beijing, Shanghai, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province and southwest China’s Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, among others.