China, SK, Japan deepen ties amid epidemic
South
Korea and Japan have both shown great support for China amid the ongoing novel
coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, which many Chinese citizens hailed as a sign of
the deepening friendship of the three East Asian countries.
The
government of Seoul, capital of South Korea, said on Tuesday, February 11, it
would donate medical supplies and equipment worth around 3.5 million yuan
($506,000) to dozens of Chinese cities including Beijing, to help China combat
the pneumonia epidemic.
Yonhap News Agency reported that medical supplies
to China include 1,000 protective outfits, 500 pairs of medical goggles, and 30
thermal imaging cameras, and the country’s Korea Federation of SMEs (small and
medium-sized enterprise) also participated in the donation.
A batch
of materials are expected to leave Incheon International Airport and arrive in
Seoul’s Chinese sister cities, including Beijing and some other cities in
Northeast China’s Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces, on Wednesday, it
reported.
Seoul
mayor Park Won-soon also extended his gratitude toward Beijing’s previous
assistance of special assistance teams to Seoul during the MERS outbreak, and
wished China a rapid easing of the current difficulties.
Additionally,
the Korean Embassy displayed a banner which read, “China’s difficulties are
also ours.” The embassy wrote in a post on China’s Twitter-like platform Sina
Weibo, including a picture of the banner that read “South Korean Embassy is
with you,” with the hashtag “because we are family.”
Japan
also showed sincerity amid the outbreak.
Lawmakers
of the Japanese ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP),
would each donate around 320 yuan to China, Toshihiro Nikai, the party
secretary general told the media on Monday, February 10.
Japan is
ready to mobilize the whole country and provide all assistance possible to
China in combating the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, heavyweights of
the ruling camp, including Toshihiro Nikai, said on Friday.
A friend
in need is a friend indeed, said Nikai, adding that the Japanese side is ready
to spare no effort to provide all possible assistance to China and work with
China to combat the epidemic.
Japan
has collected 120,000 sets of protective outfits and will send them to medical
institutions in Hubei, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces as well as other places
as soon as possible, Nikai said.
The
epidemic has proved who are true friends, and China will remember, Chinese
netizens said.
“Come to
Harbin [capital of Heilongjiang Province] and the local cuisine will be my
treat, dear friend,” wrote one Weibo user, welcoming friends from Japan and
South Korea.
Source:Global
Times
Supportive banners outside the
South Korean Embassy in Beijing. Photo: South Korean Embassy
China, SK, Japan deepen ties amid epidemic
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