Temporary school opens in quake-hit zone in Xinjiang

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Residents get relief materials in quake-hit Pixna Township of Pishan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2015.  (Xinhua/Shen Qiao)

About 100 quake-affected schoolchildren in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are attending a newly-built tent school.

The makeshift school in Pishan County offers children a place of study, rest and play.

Arken Nuermaimaiti is a local villager.

"My grandson studies in the classroom. We also live here and can get free meals from the government."

The 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Pishan County in Hotan Prefecture in the morning on July 3.

The quake has killed at least three people and injured more than 70 others.

It damaged 12,000 houses and some 66,000 people have been evacuated.

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