Emergency response workers dig through the rubble of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky on Dec 11, 2021. (TIMOTHY D. EASLEY / AP)
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday extended condolences to his US counterpart, Joe Biden, over the severe disaster of a tornado outbreak hitting central parts of the United States.
In his message, Xi, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, expressed deep sympathies and sincere condolences to the American people over the severe casualties and property loss caused by the multiple tornadoes hitting six central US states of Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri.
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