8 Chinese peacekeepers confirmed buried by Haiti quake: Chinese leaders

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered the delivery of humanitarian aid to Haiti. They have also authorized an immediate search for eight Chinese peacekeepers believed to be buried in the rubble.

More than ten other Chinese nationals are missing. The Center of Consular protection at the Foreign Ministry has opened a 24-hour hotline, to provide assistance to overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The two numbers to call are 010-65964087 and 010-65964088.

Members of a Chinese rescue team with sniffer dogs are ready to board a  plane leaving for quake-hit Haiti, at the Capital International Airport  in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 13, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake  hit Haiti on Tuesday local time, collapsing a hospital and damaging  government buildings in its capital city of Port-au-Prince. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)