Honor guards escort the coffin of Chinese UN peacekeeping soldier Shen Liangliang off the plane at Longjia Airport in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, June 9, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] |
After the attack, China called for an immediate and thorough investigation into the attack in Mali and issued a travel warning to Chinese citizens planning to go to Mali.
The Chinese military sent a specialist medical team to Mali on June 2 to join Chinese peacekeepers there and help treat casualties from the attack.