China willing to offer assistance to tsunami-hit Tonga
Global News 2022-02-20 10:40:1213905Malaysia United TimesNewsCenter
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The tsunami triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga rarely seen in 30 years has neither caused deaths or injuries of Chinese nationals nor brought disastrous effects to China's coast so far, but its impacts on the whole Pacific region are being closely watched by China as people worry whether the natural disaster would catastrophically inundate the low-lying Tongan islands and affect the global climate.
The United Nations and many countries have expressed their readiness to help Tonga recover from disastrous tsunamis. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday night that China is very concerned about
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