Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai resident Sun Chen, recovering yesterday in a Thai hospital with three pins holding her fractured arm together, is one of the lucky ones.
Sun, a 20-something public relations executive with a local business school, said she's surrounded by the "frightening cries and screams" of people injured by the tidal waves that struck Phuket Island in southern Thailand on Sunday.
But even though a powerful tsunami pulled her underwater and left her batted and bruised, she escaped with her life in a place where more than 100 died and hundreds more are missing.
Other Shanghai residents who were vacationing in areas hit by the earthquake-triggered tidal waves were also fortunate.
More than 300 local tourists were traveling in southern Thailand when the tragedy struck, the Shanghai Tourism Administrative Commission said yesterday. So far, everyone has been reported safe, and there were no life-threatening injuries. Some 270 of the local tourists flew home yesterday morning, and the rest are due back later today.
Sun was among those enjoying a peaceful Sunday on the tropical island.
"The waves suddenly began to break powerfully, leaving fish and water creatures stranded on the beach," she recalled. "Some tourists ran into the water and tried to throw the fish back into the sea, but then waves several stories high slammed the whole beach, scattering the crowd.
"Suddenly, there were no people - only sun chairs and life buoys floating in the water."
She said the waves surged over her and crashed her into a tree. She pulled herself to safety, but her right arm was fractured and she suffered several bruises to her body.
Rescuers took her to a hospital for emergency treatment.
"There were bleeding patients all around, and the floor was covered with blood," Sun said, adding that at least 200 to 300 injured persons were waiting for treatment.
The Chinese Embassy in Thailand has contacted Sun and will arrange to bring her home on Thursday. 
Xing Weiqin, who works for Spring International Travel Service, was leading a tour group on Phuket when the huge waves rolled in.
"We were walking along the beach at about 9am, and all of a sudden the waves hit and deck chairs were floating everywhere," she said. "We ran in desperation back to the hotel and saw things behind us swallowed up by huge waves."
Xing and the 20 members of her group returned to Shanghai safely. Those traveling to other parts of Thailand also have been flown home, the company said.
Shanghai Airlines Tours International Co Ltd, which had five groups of about 110 tourists on Phuket over the weekend, said four of the groups have returned. The last batch of 26 tourists, who were on the even-harder-hit Phi Phi Island, arrived safely on Phuket and were scheduled to fly back today.
Shanghai Workers' International Travel Service, which sent the city's only tour group to Maldives, said all of its 21 clients were safe in a hotel yesterday.
"The lower parts of the hotel are submerged, and they're staying in rooms on the upper floors," said Zhang Kangmei, manager of the company's outbound department.