China on Saturday offered 10 million yuan (US$1.2 million) worth
of medical equipment and medicines to Russia as emergency aid for
the country's recent
tragedy.??????
The aid, collected from the whole nation during the past two
days, has been loaded at the Tianjin airport and will be sent to
Russia this evening, according to Miao Zhanli, manager from a drug
company that is responsible for the collection.
Miao said that the aid includes hospital beds, heart electric
monitoring equipment and anesthetic machine.
On Sept. 1, more than 30 armed militants took about 1,200 people
hostage in a secondary school in Beslan, a town in south Russia's
North Ossetia. The crisis ended on the third day after a fierce
exchange of gunfire, but left at least 335 dead -- half of them
children.
Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a message on Sept. 8 to Russian
President Vladimir Putin, strongly condemning the "atrocious
terrorist acts." He said that the Chinese government would offer
goods to assist those affected by the tragedy and to show China's
sympathy and support.
(Xinhua News Agency September 12, 2004)