Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang have ordered Chinese diplomats abroad, as well as the agriculture and transportation ministries, to assist in the search for survivors.
Authorities say 39 people are missing after the sinking ship was discovered Wednesday in the middle of the Indian Ocean, more than 600 miles south of Sri Lanka.
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