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China pledges emergency aid to Nepal after deadly landslide

Following a devastating landslide that caused significant casualties in both Tibet and Nepal, China has pledged to provide urgent emergency aid and international rescue cooperation to Nepal. Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed condolences to his Nepalese counterpart, Ram Chandra Poudel, and chaired a Politburo meeting that emphasized a scientific approach to the search and rescue operations. The difficult conditions in the high-altitude, frigid environment pose extreme challenges to these efforts. AI

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China pledges emergency aid to Nepal after deadly landslide

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Cao Jiaxuan ·

    China pledges to send urgent emergency aid to Nepal after deadly landslide

    Beijing has promised to send emergency aid to Nepal as Chinese rescuers continued to fight their way through hazardous conditions in an effort to reach the border checkpoint hit by deadly flash floods this week. The disaster has left five dead and 558 missing in Tibet’s Gyirong c…