Soldiers bid farewell before setting sail at a port in Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang Province on February 21. The 8th Chinese naval escort flotilla, consisting of the frigates Wenzhou and Ma'anshan, departed from Zhoushan on Monday, for the escort mission with the comprehensive supply ship Qiandaohu in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to protect commercial ships from pirate attacks (XINHUA) |