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Chinese victims of Haiti quake named
By Wang Qian (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:28
The Ministry of Public Security released on Friday the identities of eight Chinese people buried under rubble in the Haiti earthquake, amid an outpouring of aid from victims of the May 12, 2008 quake in Sichuan province toward the latest disaster.
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Four of the Chinese victims in the 7.3-magnitude Haiti quake are officers in a team sent by the ministry to Haitian capital Port-au-Prince for peacekeeping efforts, the ministry said in a statement. The team had just arrived in the Caribbean city on Tuesday afternoon and the other four victims are officers of China's peacekeeping force in Haiti.
The four ministry officials are Zhu Xiaoping, 48, director of the equipment and finance bureau; Wang Shulin, 58, a bureau researcher; Guo Baoshan, 60, deputy director of the international cooperation bureau; and Li Xiaoming, 35, a bureau official.
The four UN peacekeepers are Zhao Huayu, 38, a civilian police captain; Li Qin, 47, a political commissar; Zhong Jianqin, 35, a communications officer; and He Zhihong, 35, a female public relations officer.
Rescue efforts were in full swing after the quake, which may have killed up to 50,000 as well as left millions hurt or homeless.
"Now is the crucial time for rescue and we will use all efforts to find and save them," ministry spokesperson Wu Heping said on Friday.
Wu said that when the quake occurred at about 4:50 pm on Tuesday local time, the Chinese victims were holding peacekeeping consultations with UN staff on the fourth floor in the headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in Port-au-Prince.
"Besides the eight buried, all the 138 rescuers and peacekeepers from China are safe," Wu said.
The rescue team sent by China arrived in Haiti at 2:08 am local time on Thursday and began rescue operations immediately.
Wang Xueyan, a female Chinese peacekeeper in Haiti, phoned home at 7:25 pm on Jan 13. Within the minute, Wang told her family that she and other peacekeepers had dug five people from the quake debris.
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The Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday that China will deliver humanitarian aid worth 30 million yuan ($4.41 million) to the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
A chartered flight loaded with the first batch of emergency materials, including medicines, tents, food, emergency lights, clothing and water, would depart from Beijing on Saturday morning, the ministry said in a statement.
Read more at:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/16/content_9330143.htm
By Wang Qian (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:28
The Ministry of Public Security released on Friday the identities of eight Chinese people buried under rubble in the Haiti earthquake, amid an outpouring of aid from victims of the May 12, 2008 quake in Sichuan province toward the latest disaster.
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A Chinese rescuer treats a child in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday. [Xing Guangli]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Four of the Chinese victims in the 7.3-magnitude Haiti quake are officers in a team sent by the ministry to Haitian capital Port-au-Prince for peacekeeping efforts, the ministry said in a statement. The team had just arrived in the Caribbean city on Tuesday afternoon and the other four victims are officers of China's peacekeeping force in Haiti.
The four ministry officials are Zhu Xiaoping, 48, director of the equipment and finance bureau; Wang Shulin, 58, a bureau researcher; Guo Baoshan, 60, deputy director of the international cooperation bureau; and Li Xiaoming, 35, a bureau official.
The four UN peacekeepers are Zhao Huayu, 38, a civilian police captain; Li Qin, 47, a political commissar; Zhong Jianqin, 35, a communications officer; and He Zhihong, 35, a female public relations officer.
Rescue efforts were in full swing after the quake, which may have killed up to 50,000 as well as left millions hurt or homeless.
"Now is the crucial time for rescue and we will use all efforts to find and save them," ministry spokesperson Wu Heping said on Friday.
Wu said that when the quake occurred at about 4:50 pm on Tuesday local time, the Chinese victims were holding peacekeeping consultations with UN staff on the fourth floor in the headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in Port-au-Prince.
"Besides the eight buried, all the 138 rescuers and peacekeepers from China are safe," Wu said.
The rescue team sent by China arrived in Haiti at 2:08 am local time on Thursday and began rescue operations immediately.
Wang Xueyan, a female Chinese peacekeeper in Haiti, phoned home at 7:25 pm on Jan 13. Within the minute, Wang told her family that she and other peacekeepers had dug five people from the quake debris.
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Residents in Wenchuan, the epicenter of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 90,000 people in Sichuan province in May 2008, raise money on Friday for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. [Li Ping]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday that China will deliver humanitarian aid worth 30 million yuan ($4.41 million) to the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
A chartered flight loaded with the first batch of emergency materials, including medicines, tents, food, emergency lights, clothing and water, would depart from Beijing on Saturday morning, the ministry said in a statement.
Read more at:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/16/content_9330143.htm