China hopes for answers of Ethiopian plane crash China says it hopes Ethiopia finds the cause of the plane accident that killed 157 people on board, 8 of them Chinese citizens, and sends condolences to the relatives of the victims. The ministry also reacted to the remarks made by a US envoy for religious freedom, Sam Brownback, and urged the US to “stop using so-called religious issues to interfere in China's internal affairs”. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson