Chinese forensic experts to Phuket, relief team in Sumatra

Chinese forensic experts display a Chinese national flag together with officials of the Chinese Embassy to Thailand at Bangkok airport in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Dec. 31, 2004. A team of five Chinese forensic doctors arrived in Bangkok early Friday. They would fly to Phuket, a Thai resort island badly hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami, to join other forensic teams to take DNA samples from corpses of tsunami victims for confirming their identity.

Members of the Chinese rescue team arrive at the Medan Airport in Medan, capital of Indonesia's North Sumatra Province, early Dec. 31, 2004. The 35-member international rescue team will rush to the worst-hit Aceh Province Dec. 31 to help victims of a devastating quake and tsunami in the country.

Members of the Chinese rescue team arrive at the Medan Airport in Medan, capital of Indonesia's North Sumatra Province, early Dec. 31, 2004.