1st LD: Xi orders all-out rescue efforts following heavy casualties in 6.8-magnitude Xizang quake

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts to save lives and minimize casualties following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that took a heavy toll after jolting a county in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region Tuesday morning.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, ordered utmost effort