CHENGDU, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of international aid to
quake-hit China, donated by Russia, will arrive in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan
Province, at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday by plane, a government official said.
More than 24 tons of disaster relief materials including tents and quilts
would be airdropped to worst hit areas as early as possible, the official with
the Sichuan provincial government said.