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Tents in urgent need in quake-hit areas
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China called for the international community to offer tents among other relief donations to survivors in quake-hit Sichuan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Monday.

"China would like the international community to give priority to tents when providing relief materials," Qin said in response to a question.

Citing information from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, Qin said a huge number of tents are required to shelter victims whose houses collapsed in the quakes, especially as the quake-hit southwestern China is in the rainy season now.

Qin again thanked the international community for their active aid efforts since the May 12 8.0-magnitude earthquake.

(Xinhua News Agency May 19, 2008)

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