Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, expresses his condolence on Taiwan people's loss during a start sending ceremony at the Beijing Capital International Airport, China, on August 18, 2009. The Chinese mainland will send its second batch of disaster relief materials to typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan by air on Tuesday afternoon by a special plane directly from the Beijing Capital International Airport to Kaohsiung. The materials include more than 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizing machines. [Xinhua]

The relief supplies, which will be carried to Kaohsiung, are stored at the Beijing Capital International Airport, China, on August 18, 2009. [Xinhua]