Chinese Navy leave Pearl Harbor to join RIMPAC drill

Updated: 2014-07-11 00:17

By Zhang Shaohu in Hawaii(China Daily USA)

Two tugboats escort Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy missile frigate Yueyang as it leaves Pearl Harbor on July 9 to join sea drills as part of the 2014 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise from June 26 to Aug 1 around the Hawaiian Islands. Four Chinese ships with 1,100 people onboard are participating in the world's largest naval exercise for the first time. Zhang Shaohu/China Daily