More Chinese aid reaches Myanmar quake zone

A second batch of disaster-relief supplies from the Chinese government arrived in Yangon on Thursday after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28.

The shipment includes 800 tents, 2,000 blankets, 3,000 boxes of biscuits, 2,000 boxes of mineral water, and other urgently needed supplies. The aid was flown from Beijing Capital International Airport to Yangon on a chartered cargo plane on Thursday morning.

The first batch of Chinese disaster-relief supplies arrived in Myanmar on Monday.