A worker from a charity foundation prepares boxes of disinfectant tablets to be donated to Iran in Beijing on Monday, March 16, 2020. China, which didn't have enough protective equipment for its medical workers a few weeks ago, is now donating supplies to Italy, Iran, South Korea and other affected places. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
March 21, 2020
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March 21, 2020 1:03 a.m.
China, on virus PR offensive, sends masks and experts abroad
BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately needed items to struggling governments, hoping to build political ties and defuse criticism that it allowed the disease to spread early on.