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China offers emergcency aids to Indonesia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-02 11:52

BEIJING: Chinese government offered the emergency aids of $500,000 cash to Indonesian government, according to a press release from the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday.

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China's Red Cross also provided its Indonesian counterpart with $50,000 cash, the press release says.

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit West Sumatra province Wednesday morning. The death toll caused by the powerful earthquake has risen to 1,100.

Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a message of condolences to his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono soon after the earthquake occurred.