¡¡¡¡Pu Zhaozhou (R), vice chairman of the board of directors of the mainland-based Straits Aviation Exchange Commission, chats with Mike Lo, chairman of Taipei Airlines Association, and and Billy Chang (2nd-L), Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration chief, before their meeting with delegates from the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in Macao January 15, 2005. (China Daily/Reuters)

¡¡¡¡BEIJING, Jan. 11 (AP) --The Chinese public and a handful of major Chinese corporations have together donated more than US$18 million (€13.7 million) to the tsunami-hit areas of southern Asia, state media reported Tuesday.

By Xinhua writer Zhou Xiaozheng