International aid has begun arriving in Myanmar, but the country&#8217;s military junta has inexcusably stalled the entry of aid workers and needed supplies. The United Nations and neighboring countries should press hard for greater access and faster visa processing.</p><p>China is crucial. Beijing is one of the few allies of Myanmar, formerly Burma. China should do more to insist that the government open up for international aid.</p><p>It took two days for U.N. officials to obtain permission for the first two aid flights. They arrived Thursday with cargoes of high-energy biscuits, medical supplies and other material.</p><p>Much of the aid offered by international donors is stockpiled in neighboring Thailand, ready for shipment.</p><p>Myanmar&#8217;s isolationist regime is endangering tens of thousands of victims of a cyclone that swept through the Irrawaddy delta region Saturday. State media estimated the death toll at 23,000, with more than 42,000 missing.</p><p>A U.S. embassy official said that because of unsanitary conditions and a shortage of food and water, the death toll could rise to more than 100,000.</p><p>One sticking point is the reasonable concern that the junta would divert aid from flood victims to the military. &#8220;We will not just bring our supplies to an airport, dump it and take off,&#8221; said Anthony Banbury, regional director of the World Food Program.</p><p>Aid officials should continue to demand direct distribution of supplies, and China should take the lead in pressing Myanmar&#8217;s military junta to stop stalling.