China asks Australia to step up search efforts after boat capsizes


Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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China has asked Australian authorities to increase efforts to find survivors from a capsized Chinese fishing boat which left 39 crew members missing in the Indian Ocean. Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said four airplanes and three ships had been sent to the search area, but no survivors or life rafts had been spotted. “We wish that they could send more — more aircraft, more ships and more staff,” Mr Xiao told reporters. “We wish that our Australian colleagues would co-ordinate with other international or foreign vessels or ships near that area… to help the search and rescue to save...