Chiang Pin-kung. [Photo/IC] TAIPEI - Chiang Pin-kung, former vice chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, passed away Monday in Taipei, the KMT said in a statement. Chiang was also the former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and former vice president of the Taiwan-based council of the summit for entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait. Born in 1932, he was elected vice chairman of the KMT party and SEF chairman in 2003 and 2008 respectively. Founded in 1991 and 1990, the Chinese mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and SEF are authorized by the mainland and Taiwan to handle cross-Strait affairs. Chiang led a KMT delegation to visit the mainland in March 2005, and in June 2008 he led an SEF delegation to hold talks with ARATS in the mainland. Heads of the ARATS and SEF conducted eight talks and signed 18 agreements to develop cross-Strait relations when Chiang served as SEF chairman. He resigned from the post as SEF chairman in September 2012. thick rubber wristbands24 hour wristbandsilicone wristbands onlinesilicone wristbanddesign rubber bracelets
Crew members of flight MU551 of China Eastern Airlines help a sick passenger in the plane. [Photo/website of China Eastern Airlines] A jetliner from Shanghai to London had to release 39 tons of fuel in the air to land at Beijing Capital International Airport and send an ill passenger to hospital on Wednesday. Flight MU551 of Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines was en route from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow when a passenger suffered accelerated heartbeat, severe asthma and vomiting. Crew members helped the passenger lie down and checked the cabin to find two doctors onboard to help. However the passenger's situation was not stable, and in line with the principle of life supremacy, the crew decided to make an alternative to get the passenger to hospital. The liner had just crossed the country's border at that time, and the crew had to turn the plane around and inform the Beijing airport to prepare to send the passenger to hospital. As an international flight, it carried lots of fuel. To ensure safe landing, the crew released the fuel in midair. The plane finally landed safely at 5:15 pm in Beijing. China Eastern workers accompanied the passenger to hospital. The passenger got better after receiving treatment.
