China first to join the rescue in ōfunato,Japan

Chinese rescue workers start searching for survivors in ōfunato, Iwate prefecture of Japan, March 14, 2011.The Chinese rescue team arrived at the quake-battered city late night on March 13, and started conducting rescue operations with locals from 7 am the next morning. They are the first group of foreign rescue workers in the city. [Photo/Xinhua]