China pledges $137 million for Myanmar earthquake relief

China has pledged emergency humanitarian assistance of 1 billion yuan ($137 million) to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, its embassy in the southeast Asian nation said.

The March 28 quake of magnitude 7.7 was one of Myanmar’s strongest in a century, killing 3,645, as it toppled buildings, flattened communities and deprived many of food, water and shelter.

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