China is mobilizing its troops to help the struggling people in the country's drought affected southwest.
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King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia on Friday personally donated $50,000 to China to support relief efforts in drought-stricken provinces.
The Hong Kong government said Friday it would ask the Legislative Council Finance Committee for a grant of HK$150 million to be allocated to the Disaster Relief Fund to provide relief to the drought victims in Chinese Mainland.
Local authorities in southwest China are moving to clamp down on food price hikes as the worst drought in decades shows no sign of easing.
Emergency wells were being drilled and cloud-seeding operations carried out in southern China, where the worst drought in decades has left millions of people without water and caused more than 1,000 schools to close. Photos
Hu urges armies to help drought victims
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Chinese president Hu Jintao has urged the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and armed police force in drought affected area to put all efforts into helping drought victims, people.com.cn reported today.
Chinese authorities have urged every member of Communist Youth League and Young Pioneer to donate one bottle of water to the drought-affected population on Thursday, the China Youth Daily reported.
The China Development Bank (CDB) said Wednesday it had allocated 120 million yuan (17.57 million US dollars) for emergency loans to support the fight against drought in Yunnan Province.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called for intensified and consistent efforts to relieve drought in the country and help the affected people overcome the difficulty.
The Hong Kong government Thursday approved a 1.4 million HK dollars grant as a relief for drought victims in the Chinese Mainland.
A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term
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