China looks to bolster defenses against pirates
By Xin Dingding | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-09 07:55
Soldiers with a Chinese navy flotilla, which carries out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, inspect a questionable boat in this file photo. Cao Haihua / Xinhua |
BEIJING - China is mulling over new ways to protect ships and sailors from being hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden and in waters off Somalia, according to the water transport authority.
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