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Chinese Navy ready for prolonged mission in Somalia
By Cui Xiaohuo and Wang Hui (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-12-26 00:28

A helicopter rests on the destroyer "Haikou" from the South China Sea Fleet, December 25th, 2008. Du Jingchen, chief commander, said his three warships and near-1000 soldiers are ready for the mission in the Gulf of Aden against the Somali pirates. [chinadaily.com.cn]