Chinese naval soldiers climb down the ladder from the larboard of Zhoushan missile frigate of the Chinese escort flotilla to the yacht to protect merchant vessel "Zhenhua 14" from pirates in the Aden Gulf, on August 20, 2009. The Chinese escort flotilla is on their mission of protecting the Chinese merchant ship "Zhenhua 14" in the Gulf of Aden on August 20. [Xinhua]

Chinese naval soldiers climb down the ladder from the larboard of Zhoushan missile frigate of the Chinese escort flotilla to the yacht to protect merchant vessel "Zhenhua 14" from pirates in the Aden Gulf, on August 20, 2009. [Xinhua]