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China hosts anti-piracy meeting

China hosts an international conference to co-ordinate anti-piracy escorts for cargo vessels in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia. ...full story at BBC News

from BBC News on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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27 Apr 07 visit SPIDERMAN 3 already in the China market for $1 pirate movie  »  YouTube videoChina tightens anti-piracy enforcement. China has extended criminal penalties for music and movie piracy to people caught with smaller amounts of DVDs or CDs, a state news agency said Friday, after foreign complaints that enforcement was too lenient.
05 Nov 09 visit China to host int'l conference on anti-piracy in Gulf of Aden  »  People's Daily China is to host an international conference on Nov. 6 and 7 to coordinate anti-piracy escorts in the Gulf of Aden, the Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. The conference would consider how escort missions could cover different areas in the gulf so...
02 Apr 09 visit Chinese flotilla sails to relieve ships in Somalia anti-piracy mission  »  People's Daily China's Navy deployed a second flotilla in Zhanjiang Thursday morning as it rotated warships escorting merchant vessels on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters. The task force, which includes the destroyer DDG-167 Shenzhen...
07 Jan 09 visit Escort mission tests the Chinese navy  »  People's Daily China sent its naval fleet on Dec. 26 2008 to join the international anti-piracy task force patrolling the waters off Somalia. The escort vessels had sailed from Sanya, a city in southern China's Hainan Province to Gulf of Aden, where they participated in...
02 Apr 09 visit China deploys new flotilla to combat piracy  »  Shanghai Daily THE Chinese navy dispatched a second anti-piracy flotilla yesterday morning as it rotated warships escorting merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden and other waters off the Somali coast. The task force, comprising...
20 Jan 09 visit NATO chief praises China's participation in anti-piracy campaign off Somalia  »  People's Daily The NATO secretary general on Monday praised the Chinese navy's anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and indicated NATO's willingness to work with China on the issue. "I am applauding what is a rather unique position of the Chinese navy...

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