BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The United States needs to face up to its own imbalances rather than engage in more China bashing over trade, said world-renowned economist Stephen Roach.

    ”The West, especially the United States, needs to take a long hard look in the mirror and face up to its own imbalances. Hypocrisy is not a recipe for global statesmanship,” wrote Roach in Singapore’s leading financial daily Business Times this week.

    As U.S. congress and the White House look toward the mid-term elections of 2010, Washington could well up the ante on China bashing — moving from a rhetorical assault to widespread trade sanctions, predicted Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia.

    He noted that the United States has already imposed trade sanctions on Chinese exports of tyres, coated paper product and steel piping and grating in recent month.

    Roach argued that the expected salvo from Washington was apparently built on hypocrisy as the United States itself should also be held accountable for the global economic imbalances.

    Meaningful progress on global rebalancing could not occur without progress by both China and the United States and that China has a more optimistic prospect of achieving rebalancing, he said.

    ”There is good reason to believe that China … is about to take dramatic steps in rebalancing its domestic economy in a fashion that would provide a sustained and meaningful reduction in its current account surplus.”

    China viewed the recent crisis and recession as an unmistakable wake-up call, which left the country with little choice other than to shift the sources of its GDP growth from external to internal markets, he said.

    However, it was hard to be sanguine about the outlook for America’s saving and current account imbalance.

    ”The United States, with its massive shortfall in domestic saving, has come to rely heavily on surplus saving from abroad to fund economic growth. And it must run massive current account deficits in order to attract that capital,” he said.

    All nations need to be accountable for the role they need to play in driving a long overdue global rebalancing, said Roach. “It would be the height of folly to try and force China into a counter-productive approach, especially since it appears to be taking its own rebalancing agenda very seriously.”

    HANOI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — A 100-member Chinese youth delegation arrived here on Sunday for the tenth China-Vietnam youth friendship meeting.

    At the opening ceremony of the meeting, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vietnam Nguyen Dac Vinh said the tenth meeting between Vietnamese and Chinese youth is of greater significance in the context that the two countries are embracing the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, which is to fall on Jan. 18.

    Vinh said that the meeting brings a good opportunity for the representatives of the young people of Vietnam and China to exchange views of mutual concern, share experiences and propose initiatives in youth activities, especially in the education of young people, socio-economic development, community building, ensuring social security and protection of young people’s rights.

    Vietnamese and Chinese youth should together find out effective ways to promote the cooperative and friendly relations between the young people of the two countries, said Vinh.

    Wang Hongyan, head of the Chinese youth delegation and a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China said that the exchange activities of Chinese and Vietnamese youth have become an important part of the friendly relations between the two countries.

    Wang said she believes Chinese and Vietnamese youth can definitely keep and promote the cooperative and friendly relations between China and Vietnam and pass this spirit on to the next generation, contributing to the happiness of the two peoples, and peace and development in Asia and the world.

    At the meeting, Vietnamese and Chinese youth presented each other with souvenirs and performed songs and dances to feature the cultures and close relations of the two countries.

    The Chinese youth delegation is in Vietnam for a ten-day visit. 

Chinese peacekeepers and rescuers bid farewell to the bodies of Chinese victims in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The bodies of eight Chinese police officers who died in the Haiti quake would be brought home by a chartered plane of China Southern Airlines. (Xinhua/Yuan Man)

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The bodies of eight Chinese police officers who died in the Haiti quake are expected to be brought home on Tuesday morning by a chartered plane, China’s Ministry of Public Security said late Sunday night.

    The Boeing 747 cargo plane, of China Southern Airlines, took off from Haiti’s capital city Port-au-Prince at 10:36 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, after sending the first batch of humanitarian aid materials from China to Haiti.

    It was expected to arrive at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday morning after stopovers at the Miami Airport and Anchorage International Airport, according to the ministry.

    Of the victims, four were officers of China’s peacekeeping force in Haiti and the rest were in a team sent by the Ministry of Public Security of China to Port-au-Prince for peacekeeping consultations.

    The eight were meeting UN officials in the headquarters of the UN Stabilization Mission in Port-au-Prince when the quake struck at about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday local time.

    The first batch of China’s humanitarian aid is worth 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) included 1,000 tents, water, food, emergency lights, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment.

    The aid is part of an relief package worth 30 million yuan announced by the Chinese government Friday. 

Chinese peacekeepers bid farewell to the bodies of Chinese victims in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The bodies of eight Chinese police officers who died in the Haiti quake would be brought home by a chartered plane of China Southern Airlines. (Xinhua/Yuan Man)

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    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Eight Chinese police officers have been confirmed dead in Tuesday’s 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Haiti. Four of them were members of the UN peacekeeping mission. The other four were sent by the Chinese authorities on a temporary mission.

    With devotion, expertise and even at the cost of their own lives, Chinese peacekeepers in Haiti followed the spirit of humanitarianism and a faith in peace. Their work will always be remembered.

    Working in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, these Chinese “blue helmets,” as UN peacekeepers are commonly called, braved social unrest, tropical diseases and natural disasters to bring peace and stability to this distant Caribbean nation.

    Since 2004, China has sent eight batches of peacekeeping police to Haiti. Before the quake, a total of 142 Chinese police officers were deployed in Haiti as part of the UN peacekeeping mission.

    Their impeccable service and high discipline, together with their professionalism and devotion to peace have won respect from both the United Nations and local people.

    Hedi Annabi, head of the UN Stability Mission in Haiti, who also died in the quake, had spoke highly of the performance of the Chinese peacekeepers.

    ”I have the chance to see the professionalism of China’s police force and a Chinese policeman become director of an important UN police department in Haiti. They are all doing well,” he had told Xinhua in an interview.

    China, as a responsible big nation, has been actively taking part in UN peacekeeping missions in war-torn regions across the world.

    Statistics show that China has so far sent 12,753 troops to 18 UN peace missions. It has also sent 1,571 police on UN peacekeeping missions to East Timor, Bosnia, Kosovo, Liberia, Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan.

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised China’s outstanding peacekeeping efforts. As one of the most important members of the United Nations, “you now rank among our top 10 contributors of both funds and peacekeeping forces,” Ban said.

    UN Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy also praised China’s contributions to world peace and expressed gratitude to the Chinese peacekeepers in Darfur for their outstanding performance.

    As the biggest developing country, China holds dear the lofty ideal of lasting world peace and universal prosperity.

    To realize this ideal, the country is making its due contribution to world peace, stability and development. The eight Chinese police officers who died in the Haiti quake sacrificed their lives in following this lofty faith.

A group of Chinese personnel greet the rescue and relief goods from China at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The goods weigh about 90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan(about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments, food and water, and clothing. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

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    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The first batch of China’s humanitarian aid to quake-hit Haiti has arrived in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a Chinese airlines said Sunday.

    China Southern Airlines confirmed that its Boeing 747 cargo plane carrying 90 tonnes of emergency materials reached Port-au-Prince safely after a 19-hour flight from Beijing.

    The materials worth 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) include 1,000 tents, water, food, emergency lights, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment.

    The aid is part of an relief package worth 30 million yuan (4.41 million U.S. dollars) announced by the Chinese government Friday.

Workers unload the rescue and relief goods from China at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The goods weigh about 90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan(about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments, food and water, and clothing. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

China ready to send more rescue, medical personnel to Haiti 

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — While the Chinese rescue team is doing its mission in Haiti, more personnel and materials are ready to back up the rescue and medical aid in the quake-hit country, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) Sunday.
    Miao Chonggang, vice director of the CEA’s department for disaster relief and emergency aid, said the department is keeping close contact with the rescue team at the front and can send more supports immediately if required. Full story

China active in disaster relief in quake-hit Haiti

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — China has been engaged in a flurry of efforts to help Haitians and Chinese nationals after the Caribbean island country Haiti was battered by a devastating earthquake on Tuesday.

    Immediately after the quake was reported, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao ordered related Chinese departments to be prepared for assistance. Full story

Chinese rescuers provide much-needed medical assistance in Haiti 

    BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Being the only foreign rescue team to run medical-aid stations in quake-ravaged Haiti, Chinese rescuers are giving quake victims what they desperately need: medical assistance, team members told Xinhua via phone Saturday.

    The China International Search and Rescue Team, arriving in Port-au-Prince at 2 a.m. local time on Jan. 14, opened the first medical assistance station at 8 p.m. the next day, said captain Hou Shike. Full story
China confirms death of all 8 Chinese police officers in Haiti quake

Chinese peacekeeping police salute to a vehicle carrying the last body of their buried colleague in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. The bodies of all eight Chinese police officers who were buried during the Haiti quake had been found as of early Sunday morning Beijing time, the Ministry of Public Security said. (Xinhua/Yuan Man)

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The bodies of all eight Chinese police officers buried under a collapsed building in the Haiti quake had been found as of early Sunday morning Beijing time, the Ministry of Public Security said.

    The first body was found at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Beijing time after more than 80 hours of search and rescue work, and the other seven were retrieved from 10:42 p.m. to 3:56 a.m. Jan. 17 under the joint efforts of the Chinese rescue team, the Chinese peacekeeping force in Haiti and several foreign rescue teams, the ministry’s emergency response work team announced Sunday. Full story
China’s rescue team finds one Chinese body in Haiti 

Chinese rescuers observe a moment of silence to pay last respects to a dead Chinese colleague in quake-hit Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. Chinese rescue team found one dead Chinese body from the rubbles Saturday.(Xinhua/Yuan Man)

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A Chinese body had been found among the rubble of a building here destroyed by Haiti’s massive earthquake, Chinese rescue team leader Huang Jianfa said here early Saturday morning.

    The body was found at 03:30 a.m. local time (0830 GMT) among the ruins of the collapsed building of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Full story

China’s relief materials leave for quake-hit Haiti

   BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government’s emergency humanitarian relief materials took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at 12:22 p.m. on Saturday.

Emergency humanitarian aid cargo is seen before being loaded on a plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010. A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government’s emergency humanitarian aid cargo took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at around 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Commerce. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)

    The 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) quake-relief materials, including tents, stretchers, food, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment, is China’s first batch of relief material to the Caribbean country. Full story

Chinese FM offers deep sympathy to victims in quake-hit Haiti 

    TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechion Saturday extended condolences and deep sympathy to families of the victims in quake-hit Haiti.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, is interviewed by Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television (CCTV) in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Jan. 16, 2010. Yang is in Japan for the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)

 
    “We feel great regret over the heavy casualties and enormous damage to properties caused by the major earthquakes in Haiti,” said Yang in an interview with Xinhua and China Central Television(CCTV). Full story
Chances slim for survival of 8 Chinese officers in Haiti 

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Hopes of survival are dwindling for eight Chinese police officers trapped under rubble in Port-au-Prince, chief of the Chinese rescue team said Friday.

  The Chinese rescue team was doing everything possible to speed up the search for the officers, hoping that miracles could happen, Huang Jianfa told Xinhua. Full story

Rescue continues for 8 Chinese police officers buried under Haitian quake debris

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese rescuers were still looking for eight Chinese police officers buried under the debris of the devastating Haitian quake, a Chinese official said on Friday.

Chinese peacekeepers work on the remains of a building in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Jan. 15, 2010. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

    A Chinese rescue team of over 60 members had been dispatched from home, and the Chinese peacekeeping police in Haiti were looking for the eight police officers buried under the local UN building, said Wang Shuping, Chinese business representative in Haiti. Full story

Special Report: Strong Quake Rocks Haiti

Li Shuhong, an officer of China’s peacekeeping force in Haiti, stands guard as the rescue and relief goods from China are unloaded from the plane at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The goods weigh about 90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan(about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments, food and water, and clothing. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

 

A group of Chinese personnel greet the rescue and relief goods from China at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The goods weigh about 90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan(about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments, food and water, and clothing. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

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      PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The first batch of relief supplies from China arrived in the airport of the capital city on Sunday.

    According to China’s relief officials here, the supplies, which weigh 90 tons and worth over 13 million yuan (about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), include drugs, tents, emergency lights, water purification supplies, food, drinking water and cloths.

    China’s rescue team arrived in Haiti on Thursday, two days after the Latin American country was devastated by a major earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude. The World Health Organization has estimated that between 40,000 to 50,000 people have been killed in the earthquake.

Workers unload the rescue and relief goods from China at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The goods weigh about 90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan(about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments, food and water, and clothing. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

China ready to send more rescue, medical personnel to Haiti 

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — While the Chinese rescue team is doing its mission in Haiti, more personnel and materials are ready to back up the rescue and medical aid in the quake-hit country, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) Sunday.
    Miao Chonggang, vice director of the CEA’s department for disaster relief and emergency aid, said the department is keeping close contact with the rescue team at the front and can send more supports immediately if required. Full story

China active in disaster relief in quake-hit Haiti

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — China has been engaged in a flurry of efforts to help Haitians and Chinese nationals after the Caribbean island country Haiti was battered by a devastating earthquake on Tuesday.

    Immediately after the quake was reported, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao ordered related Chinese departments to be prepared for assistance. Full story

Chinese rescuers provide much-needed medical assistance in Haiti 

    BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Being the only foreign rescue team to run medical-aid stations in quake-ravaged Haiti, Chinese rescuers are giving quake victims what they desperately need: medical assistance, team members told Xinhua via phone Saturday.

    The China International Search and Rescue Team, arriving in Port-au-Prince at 2 a.m. local time on Jan. 14, opened the first medical assistance station at 8 p.m. the next day, said captain Hou Shike. Full story
China confirms death of all 8 Chinese police officers in Haiti quake

Chinese peacekeeping police salute to a vehicle carrying the last body of their buried colleague in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. The bodies of all eight Chinese police officers who were buried during the Haiti quake had been found as of early Sunday morning Beijing time, the Ministry of Public Security said. (Xinhua/Yuan Man)

    BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — The bodies of all eight Chinese police officers buried under a collapsed building in the Haiti quake had been found as of early Sunday morning Beijing time, the Ministry of Public Security said.

    The first body was found at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Beijing time after more than 80 hours of search and rescue work, and the other seven were retrieved from 10:42 p.m. to 3:56 a.m. Jan. 17 under the joint efforts of the Chinese rescue team, the Chinese peacekeeping force in Haiti and several foreign rescue teams, the ministry’s emergency response work team announced Sunday. Full story
China’s rescue team finds one Chinese body in Haiti 

Chinese rescuers observe a moment of silence to pay last respects to a dead Chinese colleague in quake-hit Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 16, 2010. Chinese rescue team found one dead Chinese body from the rubbles Saturday.(Xinhua/Yuan Man)

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A Chinese body had been found among the rubble of a building here destroyed by Haiti’s massive earthquake, Chinese rescue team leader Huang Jianfa said here early Saturday morning.

    The body was found at 03:30 a.m. local time (0830 GMT) among the ruins of the collapsed building of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Full story

China’s relief materials leave for quake-hit Haiti

   BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government’s emergency humanitarian relief materials took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at 12:22 p.m. on Saturday.

Emergency humanitarian aid cargo is seen before being loaded on a plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010. A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government’s emergency humanitarian aid cargo took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at around 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Commerce. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)

    The 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) quake-relief materials, including tents, stretchers, food, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment, is China’s first batch of relief material to the Caribbean country. Full story

Chinese FM offers deep sympathy to victims in quake-hit Haiti 

    TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechion Saturday extended condolences and deep sympathy to families of the victims in quake-hit Haiti.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, is interviewed by Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television (CCTV) in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Jan. 16, 2010. Yang is in Japan for the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)

 
    “We feel great regret over the heavy casualties and enormous damage to properties caused by the major earthquakes in Haiti,” said Yang in an interview with Xinhua and China Central Television(CCTV). Full story
Chances slim for survival of 8 Chinese officers in Haiti 

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Hopes of survival are dwindling for eight Chinese police officers trapped under rubble in Port-au-Prince, chief of the Chinese rescue team said Friday.

  The Chinese rescue team was doing everything possible to speed up the search for the officers, hoping that miracles could happen, Huang Jianfa told Xinhua. Full story

Rescue continues for 8 Chinese police officers buried under Haitian quake debris

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese rescuers were still looking for eight Chinese police officers buried under the debris of the devastating Haitian quake, a Chinese official said on Friday.

Chinese peacekeepers work on the remains of a building in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Jan. 15, 2010. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

    A Chinese rescue team of over 60 members had been dispatched from home, and the Chinese peacekeeping police in Haiti were looking for the eight police officers buried under the local UN building, said Wang Shuping, Chinese business representative in Haiti. Full story

Special Report: Strong Quake Rocks Haiti

Li Shuhong, an officer of China’s peacekeeping force in Haiti, stands guard as the rescue and relief goods from China are unloaded from the plane at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 17, 2010. The goods weigh about 90 tons, and are worth about 13 million Chinese yuan(about 1.9 million U.S. dollars), including drugs, tents, portable lamps, water purifying equipments, food and water, and clothing. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)