30 September 2016

News Story: New Chinese peacekeepers start UN mission in Liberia

BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- A new group of Chinese peacekeepers has taken up a one-year UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia, after taking over duties from the previous group of soldiers Thursday.

The new peacekeepers, the 19th group that China has deployed to Liberia since 2003, consists of a 44-member transportation detachment and an 80-member engineering detachment.

Read the full story at Xinhua