Chinese relief supplies arrive in Nepal
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Staff members prepare to unload Chinese relief supplies at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts. The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
KATHMANDU, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The two aircraft departed from Chengdu, China, earlier in the morning and arrived in Nepal after a flight of about three hours.
The relief supplies, including tents, blankets, sleeping bags, hardtack and emergency kits, were handed over to the Nepali side at the airport.
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming and Nepal’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Mahabir Pun attended the handover ceremony.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said that 734 bodies had been recovered from mudslide-hit areas as of 9 a.m. local time on Sunday, with 2,498 people still missing. ■
Staff members prepare to unload Chinese relief supplies at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
A Y-20 transport aircraft carrying Chinese relief supplies arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
Staff members carry Chinese relief supplies at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
A Y-20 transport aircraft carrying Chinese relief supplies arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
A Y-20 transport aircraft carrying Chinese relief supplies arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
A staff member transports Chinese relief supplies at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure. (Xinhua/Zhang Ping)
A Y-20 transport aircraft carrying Chinese relief supplies arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. Carried by two Y-20 transport planes, Chinese relief supplies and four Chinese rescue experts arrived here at about 7 a.m. local time on Sunday to assist in disaster relief efforts.
The mudslides, which hit Nepal on Wednesday, have caused heavy casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
