Pirate attacks on private and commercial shipping vessels run rampant off the lawless coasts of Yemen and Somalia near the Gulf of Aden. Faced with these situations, why have Chinese naval escorts, until now, proven r...Pirate attacks on private and commercial shipping vessels run rampant off the lawless coasts of Yemen and Somalia near the Gulf of Aden. Faced with these situations, why have Chinese naval escorts, until now, proven reluctant to fight back? In March, The International Herald Leader, a Beijing-based newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency, conducted an interview with Qiu Yanpeng, Commander of the fourth Chinese naval escort mission in the Gulf of Aden. Excerpts follow:展开更多
Russia views NATO’s new round of expansion as a threat to its security and global strategy NATO held its summit on April 2-4 in the Romanian capital Bucharest with an unprecedented number of participants.Its attentio...Russia views NATO’s new round of expansion as a threat to its security and global strategy NATO held its summit on April 2-4 in the Romanian capital Bucharest with an unprecedented number of participants.Its attention-grabbing enlargement plan once again became the meeting’s focus.The summit approved the membership applications of Croatia and Albania,put on hold the entry of展开更多
文摘Pirate attacks on private and commercial shipping vessels run rampant off the lawless coasts of Yemen and Somalia near the Gulf of Aden. Faced with these situations, why have Chinese naval escorts, until now, proven reluctant to fight back? In March, The International Herald Leader, a Beijing-based newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency, conducted an interview with Qiu Yanpeng, Commander of the fourth Chinese naval escort mission in the Gulf of Aden. Excerpts follow:
文摘Russia views NATO’s new round of expansion as a threat to its security and global strategy NATO held its summit on April 2-4 in the Romanian capital Bucharest with an unprecedented number of participants.Its attention-grabbing enlargement plan once again became the meeting’s focus.The summit approved the membership applications of Croatia and Albania,put on hold the entry of
