Crew members of the missile frigate "Zhoushan" of the third Chinese naval flotilla see off the second Chinese naval flotilla in the Gulf of Aden on August 2, 2009. The third Chinese naval flotilla for escorting mission started to protect merchant vessels from pirates in the Aden Gulf on August 1. [Xinhua]

Crew members of the missile frigate "Zhoushan" of the third Chinese naval flotilla see off the second Chinese naval flotilla in the Gulf of Aden on August 2, 2009. [Xinhua]