Disaster relief materials from Chinese mainland reach Taiwan_English

The special flight for relief materials from China's mainland arrives at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. The batch of the relief aid, including 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, would be rushed to the Typhoon Morakot seriously-stricken areas in the island.

The special flight for relief materials from China's mainland arrives at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. The batch of the relief aid, including 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, would be rushed to the Typhoon Morakot seriously-stricken areas in the island.(Xinhua Photo)
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Mainland sends second batch of disaster relief materials to Taiwan

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland sent the second batch of disaster relief materials to typhoon Morakot-battered Taiwan by air Tuesday.

The materials include more than 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, said Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Full story

Prefabricated houses donated by Chinese mainland on their way to typhoon-hit area in Taiwan

The container trucks loaded with 100 makeshift houses in initial relief aid offered by mainland China wait for departure at Kaohsiung port in southeast China's Taiwan Province, August 18, 2009. (Xinhua)
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KAOHSIUM, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a port city in south China, arrived in Taiwan's Kaohsiung port Tuesday afternoon and was soon transported to the area destroyed by Typhoon Morakot in Pingtung County.

The houses will be delivered to local authorities to help residents displaced by the typhoon that has so far claimed at least 127 lives on the island. Full story

Chinese mainland donates prefabricated houses to Typhoon-hit Taiwan

The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, left Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's Kaohsiung port.

People attend a donation ceremony for the typhoon-hit Taiwan at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, Aug. 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Jun)
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SHENZHEN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, left Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's Kaohsiung port.

Shenzhen City government decided to donate 1,000 prefabricated houses, which cover more than 50,000 square meters with a worth of nearly 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars).