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Article: Feature: China Red Cross starts "trip of gratitude" to U.S.
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- March 24, 2009
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Feature: China Red Cross starts "trip of gratitude" to U.S.
by Wang Wei
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A delegation from China's Red
Cross Society on Monday showed their American counterparts and the
business commmunity here how their aid has helped victims of the
2008 earthquake in Sichuan province.
They showed photographs of how new buildings have emerged from
rubble, and smiles have replaced tears.
"The Chinese have never felt their hearts so close to each other
and with the world community" before the May 12 earthquake, Jiang
Yiman, the executive vice president of the Red Cross Society of
China (RCSC), told a meeting with the American Red Cross and
officials of Business Roundtable.