China works to open roads to reach quake survivors

China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government warned Wednesday that rebuilding after the disaster would be "arduous.

The magnitude 7.9 quake that struck May 12 sent dirt and rockstumbling into valleys, blocking roads to hinder relief efforts andclogging rivers that have developed into fast-rising lakes.

"We are racing against time to repair damaged infrastructure," saidMu Hong, a deputy director at the National Development and ReformCommission, the country's top economic planning body, adding that someroads were only reopened on a temporary basis.

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