Drill boosts Sino-Malaysia military ties
Members of the People's Liberation Army and the Malaysian Armed Forces have participated in a series of maneuvers designed to test combined strategies for defense and disaster relief, as Peng Yining reports from Malaysia.
Kurim Abdullan has had searing pains in his finger joints for more than 10 years, and the 60-year-old Malaysian palm oil farmer has been saving to pay for medical treatment. Now, though, he can keep the money after receiving free treatment from a Chinese doctor wearing the uniform of the People's Liberation Army.
"The weather here is hot and humid. The people don't wear shoes and often sit on damp floors, so they can easily wind up with arthritis," said orthopedic expert Liu Shaohua as he rubbed lotion on Kurim's swollen fingers. "Most of the villagers don't speak English, but with the help of local medical staff, we handed out prescriptions and therapeutic advice," he said.
