Clark T. Randt, US ambassador to China, donated US$100,000 to
flood victims in northwest China's Shaanxi
Province in the name of the US government via the China Red
Cross Society (CRCS)
Wednesday.
CRCS vice-president Sun Aiming received the money.
Continuous rain has caused severe flooding in a number of
counties and prefectures in Shaanxi since Aug. 28, affecting
millions of people.
Randt said he hoped the money would help flood victims return to
their normal lives.
Two American pupils from Beijing's Western Academy for overseas
students also raised money to help students in flood-stricken areas
in Shaanxi.
Sun said this move showed the sympathy of the American people
and the friendship between the people of the two countries.
(Xinhua News Agency September 25, 2003)