China
Chinese Navy sends most sophisticated ships on escort mission off Somalia
![Chinese navy soldiers wave to the fleet as the naval ships depart from Sanya of South China's Hainan Province to Somalia on December 25, 2008.Two destroyers and a supply ship left a port in the southernmost island province of Hainan for Somalia at 1:50 p.m. Friday. They will cruise for about 10 days to arrive in the Gulf of Aden, joining the multinational patrol in one of the world's busiest sea lanes where surging piracy endangers international shipping. [Xinhua]](http://www.cctv.com/english/20081227/images/1230339269957_1230339269957_r.jpg) |
| Chinese navy soldiers wave to the fleet as the naval ships depart from Sanya of South China's Hainan Province to Somalia on December 25, 2008.Two destroyers and a supply ship left a port in the southernmost island province of Hainan for Somalia at 1:50 p.m. Friday. They will cruise for about 10 days to arrive in the Gulf of Aden, joining the multinational patrol in one of the world's busiest sea lanes where surging piracy endangers international shipping. [Xinhua] |
