NEW : `` We are figuring out ways to rescue you . '' Death toll could reach 50,000 , according to state - run media . China 's one - child policy , implemented in 2005 , has blocked 400 million children . Many are in tears as they wait to learn whether their sole child is dead or alive . Schools collapsed on thousands of children just when the quake hit .
NEW : Death toll could reach 50,000 , according to state - run media . China 's one - child policy , implemented in 2005 , has blocked 400 million children . Many are in tears as they wait to learn whether their sole child is dead or alive . Schools collapsed on thousands of children just when the quake hit .