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Fleets gather to salute navy's 60th anniversary

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China's naval chief yesterday welcomed delegations from 29 naval forces attending celebrations for the navy's 60th anniversary at Qingdao harbor.

In a banquet attended by delegation chiefs, captains and crews of visiting vessels, Chinese navy commander Admiral Wu Shengli declared the opening of a four-day celebration under the theme of "Harmonious Ocean", which marks the anniversary on Thursday.

"The ocean is the common home to navies of the world. It is the responsibility of every navy to protect maritime security while establishing a peaceful and harmonious maritime environment," said the commander inside a hall next to the harbor where 21 ships from 14 foreign navies rest until joining a fleet review on Thursday.

A large fleet from the host country was also deployed for the review, only the fourth time one has been held in China since 1949. The admiral also told naval leaders that the Chinese navy, after six decades of development, will expand cooperation in the high seas while strengthening its capabilities to perform diverse missions on its way to modernization.

The celebrations aim to promote the ideas of "Peace, Harmony, Cooperation" by the Chinese navy, said the admiral. The celebrations, starting today, will feature military, music and sports exchanges.

Senior Colonel Li Jie, a researcher at the Chinese Navy's Military Academy, said a lack of naval exchanges had led to misunderstandings in the past.

"But with more foreign exchanges like this, the navies will have a chance to exchange their views on the maritime order," he said.

All naval vessels attending the fleet review assembled at the naval harbor in west Qingdao.

The maritime celebration has also attracted well-traveled warships from major powers, such as the American destroyer USS Fitzgerald and frigate Varyag from Russia. China's neighbors India and Pakistan have also sent two-ship fleets each to Qingdao.

With a displacement of 18,000 tons, the South Korean navy's landing helicopter platform assault ship, Dokdo, dwarfed all other vessels at the fleet review.

Visiting warships from France, Australia and New Zealand have previously stopped over at Chinese ports like Shanghai and Hong Kong in recent years. Bangladeshi and Thai navies have also sent their elite warships which were previously bought from the Chinese navy.

Questions:

1. What is the theme of the navy’s four-day 60th anniversary celebration?

2. How many ships will join the fleet review on Thursday?

3. What assault ship stood out at the fleet review, weighing in at 18,000 tons?

Answers:

1. “Harmonious Ocean”.

2. 21.

3. Dokdo.

(英语点津 Helen 编辑)

Fleets gather to salute navy's 60th anniversary

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Fleets gather to salute navy's 60th anniversary

Nancy Matos is a foreign expert at China Daily Website. Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Nancy is a graduate of the Broadcast Journalism and Media program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Her journalism career in broadcast and print has taken her around the world from New York to Portugal and now Beijing. Nancy is happy to make the move to China and join the China Daily team.

 
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