Rescuers Find Survivor of South China Landslide After 60 Hours

Rescuers search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings.

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Rescuers pulled a survivor from the muck 60 hours after an avalanche of earth and debris destroyed scores of buildings at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

The 19-year-old man, identified by the officialBloomberg Terminal Xinhua News Agency as Tian Zeming, was in stable condition and undergoing surgery at a local hospital after being pulled from the rubble at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. He suffered multiple fractures, state broadcaster China Central Television reportedBloomberg Terminal in a social-media posting.