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Friday, November 04, 2011

Chinese navy brings medical aid to Jamaica

Peace ArkDozens of doctors and nurses fanned out from a Chinese navy hospital ship Tuesday to treat poor Jamaicans as part of a global humanitarian mission to portray China's rapidly growing military as a responsible power.

The People's Liberation Army's 584-foot-long (178-meter-long) Peace Ark carries more than 100 medical volunteers who provide free surgery, CAT scans, eye care and other procedures.

The floating hospital was launched three years ago and is making its second foreign trip, the Chinese Embassy said. It is on a roughly 100-day journey around the Caribbean, where the United States is the largest investment source and military partner.

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