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Comment (Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official said Thursday that the mainland welcomes an earthquake rescue team sent by the Red Cross organization of Taiwan to help with relief work in quake-hit Sichuan Province.
Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said his office and the Red Cross Society of the mainland would assist the rescuers from Taiwan in reaching the quake zone at an earliest time possible.
"We understand the concerns of the Taiwan compatriots toward the quake victims," Chen said and thanked them for their generosity and help in the rescue and relief work.
He said that since the quake struck on Monday, people from all walks of life in Taiwan had donated money and materials to the affected people and expressed many times their willing...
