With a smile and thumbs-up, thanks seen in smallest gestures

Upon arriving in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday evening, I rushed to Mandalay overnight with the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team that was carrying supplies.

The bus was loaded with supplies donated by Chinese social organizations. Among them were three large packages wrapped in woven bags placed in the aisles between seats.

I asked what they were and got a chilling answer that brought home the serious nature of the disaster: body bags.