Chinese peace-keepers fly to Lebanon

CHENGDU—A 170-member Chinese peace-keeping team left Chengdu, the capital of south China’s Sichuan Province, on Monday, aboard a chartered plane to Lebanon.
They are the first batch of the third Chinese peace-keeping detachment posted to Lebanon. The remaining 165 soldiers and officers will leave China on Sept. 13.
The third detachment to Lebanon is composed of an engineering battalion, which will be responsible for clearing mines, building infrastructure and carrying out other humanitarian tasks, and a medical team.
In March 2006, China dispatched its first detachment of peace-keepers to Lebanon and the second detachment was posted in January of this year.

—Daily Mail, People’s Daily news exchange item