January 19, 2010
News about the Chinese peacekeepers who lost their lives in the Haiti earthquake continued to saturate the mainland media today. The bodies of the eight police officers, who were found amid the rubble of the UN mission in Port-au-Prince, arrived in Beijing today.
Sanxia Metropolis Daily put up a front-page story about a song written especially for the fallen peacekeepers. Last night, international superstar Jackie Chan joined with Tan Jing, a singer from the PLA Song and Dance Ensemble, to record “To Welcome You Home” (接你回家).
The lyrics and melody were written by Wang Pingjiu and Shu Nan, the team behind the Wenchuan Earthquake commemorative song “In Life Or Death We Are Never Apart (生死不离). That song was also performed by Jackie Chan.
Here’s a report from Beijing TV that contains a snippet of “To Welcome You Home”: