Quotable

"As we speak, there is intense cooperation happening between the Royal Australian Navy and ships of the Chinese navy, between the Royal Australian Air Force and the aircraft of the People's Liberation Army air force, in the search for knowledge and insight into what happened to MH370."

Australian Prime Minister TONY ABBOTT on March 30. He lauded China's assistance in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines aircraft.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 04/04/2014 page3)