1st LD-Writethru: Chinese military sends drone to aid quake rescue in Xizang

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese military has sent a drone to survey the epicenter after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command.

It said the theater command's air force immediately activated a disaster relief emergency plan, adding that a team of tran