Through multilateral and other channels, China has donated nearly 1.3 billion RMB to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster-hit ries.

通过多边等渠道，中国共向印度洋海啸灾难受灾国捐款近13亿元人民币。

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The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster again shows us that closer international and regional cooperation serves as an effective means to cope with natural disasters.

印度洋海啸灾难再次告诉我们，加强国际和区域合作是应对自然灾害的有效手段。

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The most famous disaster to hit Indonesia is the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed an estimated 227, 898 people after a 9.1-magnitude earthquake triggered the enormous wave.

印度尼西亚最有名的灾难是2004年印度洋的海啸，在9.1级地震所引发的巨浪后，估计有227,898人丧生。

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And from countrymen who only five years ago survived the worst natural disaster to hit the world in decades, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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One was a terrible natural disaster last December's Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 31, 000 Sri Lankans, affected two-thirds of the island's coastline and displaced nearly half a million people.

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To attract donations, BBF depends mainly on its reputation, word of mouth and occasional local publicity when one of its 200 annual cargo containers leaves the warehouse for a hot world disaster spot, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami or, a rare domestic effort, 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

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Stanley Goosby, a chief scientist with the Pacific Disaster Center in Hawaii, said Indian Ocean countries have made significant progress in tsunami preparedness.

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