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Sailing in the wake of Zheng He's voyage

By Qin Zhongwei in Beijing and Zhang Xiaomin in Dalian | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-01 08:05

Sailing in the wake of Zheng He's voyage

More than 600 years after Zheng He led seven expeditions as far as the east coast of Africa, a navy training vessel named after him has launched the Chinese navy's second global goodwill voyage.

Having left Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning province in mid-April, the training vessel Zheng He - which so far has visited countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Italy, Spain, and Ecuador - is scheduled to make port calls to altogether 11 countries worldwide. The total distance of the route is expected to cover more than 30,000 nautical miles (55,560 km) in a period of five months.

Designed specifically for long-distance voyage, the training vessel can cruise 10,000 nautical miles without refueling, according to Zu Shuming, who was the captain of the Zheng He from 2000 to 2003.

Sailing in the wake of Zheng He's voyage

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