China sends armed police to Nepal for first time

[Tresbon]

BEIJING: China has sent armed police force for rescue operation in earthquake hit areas after Beijing received an "urgent request" from Nepal, State media said. This is the first time the country's armed police have ventured beyond its borders.

The first batch of 160 "armed police officers" crossed the Friendship Bridge that links the two countries on May 2. A total of 500 police officers and 180 pieces of road repair machinery will be sent, according to Fu Ling, a senior officer with the traffic rescue brigade of the police.

The visiting policemen were received by the Nepalese police at the border, the official Xinhua news agency said. China has also sent geologists to Nepal to assist in the rescue operation.

This is a significant move, which was approved by the State Council, which is the cabinet, and the Central Military Commission. The first task assigned to the armed police forces is to reopen the road connecting the border pass of Zham and Kathmandu, which has been disrupted, Xinhua said.

This is apart from China's military personnel which is engaged in rescue operations, which also include transferring stranded Chinese citizens to their homes. China rarely sends military personnel to other countries except in the case of peace keeping forces of the United Nations.

China has so far sent 56 pieces of large machinery to repair 943-km long China-Nepal highway, which has been severely damaged by the earthquake. A major part of the highway consisting of 829 kms is in Tibetan region of China, which has been repaired and cleared for traffic.

Work is afoot on the remaining 114 kms on the Nepal side.

Fu said Chinese police officers would observe Nepalese laws and regulations, respect local religious belief and customs, and do their best to aid quake relief.

 

[Tractor]

The borderline then be pushed forward to the plain area for China to face India directly.
We own the whole mighty Himalaya and Indian to take a look at any time.

 

[OrionHunter]

China rarely sends military personnel to other countries except in the case of peace keeping forces of the United Nations.

These are not 'military personnel' of the PLA. They are police personnel sent for reconstruction and restoration of lines of communication like roads etc.

 

[Ind4Ever]

The borderline then be pushed forward to the plain area for China to face India directly.
We own the whole mighty Himalaya and Indian to take a look at any time.

Yes India and Nepal is your colony ...

 

[cnleio]

Traffic military team of China Armed Police, it belongs to China military force.

 

[Shotgunner51]

Traffic military team of China Armed Police, it belongs to China military force.

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These dispatchments are likely from the communications brigades of PAPF (People's Armed Police Force 中国人民武装警察) who are responsible for the maintenance of the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway and the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, and has experience in constructing other national highways, extra-long tunnels and bridges. Its medical personnel have participated in disaster-relief missions in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Iran, Pakistan, and that of tsunami in Indonesia. They are kind of para-military but aren't equipped with heavy weaponry or WMD so that differs quite a lot from PLA.

 

[Tractor]

These dispatchments are likely from the communications brigades of PAPF (People's Armed Police Force 中国人民武装警察) who are responsible for the maintenance of the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway and the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, and has experience in constructing other national highways, extra-long tunnels and bridges. Its medical personnel have participated in disaster-relief missions in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Iran, Pakistan, and that of tsunami in Indonesia. They are kind of para-military but aren't equipped with heavy weaponry or WMD so that differs quite a lot from PLA.

India army now is really present in Nepal and responses must be made by sending our army whatever PLA or armed police force.

 

[Shotgunner51]

India army now is really present in Nepal and responses must be made by sending our army whatever PLA or armed police force.

Yes, more helping hands are definitely needed for this aftermath of such an epic scale quake. The PAPF is kind of unique compared to military forces of China as well as of other countries, it is better equipped (with heavy equipments that pure civilian-protection units don't have) and organized (disciplined in a military fashion, upgradable to PLA if required) to handle large scale disaster-relief, low-intensity security affairs, and post-disaster rebuilding.

Hope they can do as much help to the refugees as possible.

 

[Tractor]

Yes, more helping hands are definitely needed for this aftermath of such an epic scale quake. The PAPF is kind of unique compared to military forces of China as well as of other countries, it is better equipped (with heavy equipments that pure civilian-protection units don't have) and organized (disciplined in a military fashion, upgradable to PLA if required) to handle large scale disaster-relief, low-intensity security affairs, and post-disaster rebuilding.

Hope they can do as much help to the refugees as possible.

Post-disaster rebuilding of a divided Nepal or another Indian state.Sikkim to be an India state 4 decades ago you know,just 1 year before another devastating earthquake.