A Chinese naval officer directs a helicopter as it descends onto a missile destroyer during a multinational maritime exercise off the coast of Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday. Nineteen ships, seven helicopters and marine corps from eight countries took part in the drill, called Maritime Cooperation — 2014.[Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily]

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