China to Send $6 Million in Emergency Aid to Quake-Hit Turkey

What’s new: China will provide 40 million yuan ($5.9 million) in emergency aid to Turkey, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the country’s southern border with Syria, killing at least 7,000 people.

Beijing is also sending a heavy-duty urban rescue team, medical teams, and disaster relief supplies, Deng Boqing, vice chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, said in a Tuesday statement.