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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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51. “Resolution 1851 (2008),” adopted by the Security Council<br />

<strong>at</strong> its 6046th Meeting, December 16, 2008. Resolution 1851 also encouraged<br />

cre<strong>at</strong>ion of a multin<strong>at</strong>ional Contact Group on Piracy off<br />

the Coast of Somalia. This group of more than 20 n<strong>at</strong>ions met for<br />

the first time in January 2009. Kraska, p. 141.<br />

52. Report of Security Council 5902nd Meeting (PM) of June 2,<br />

2008, available from www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sc9344.doc.<br />

htm.<br />

53. Huang Li, p. 169.<br />

54. Ibid.<br />

55. Abdurrahman Warsameh, “Somalis Express Support for<br />

China’s Naval Oper<strong>at</strong>ion Against Piracy,” Xinhua, January 8,<br />

2009, available from news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/08/content_10625418.htm.<br />

56. 石华, 张倍鑫 (Shi Hua <strong>and</strong> Zhang Beixin), “中国海军<br />

索马里护航不收费” (“Chinese Navy Will Protect Ships Free of<br />

Charge”), 环球时报 (Global Times), December 24, 2008, available<br />

from world.huanqiu.com/roll/2008-12/322933.html.<br />

57. “Warships to Set off on Friday for Somalia Pir<strong>at</strong>es,” China<br />

Radio Intern<strong>at</strong>ional, December 23, 2008, available from english.cri.<br />

cn/6909/2008/12/23/189s435892.htm.<br />

58. Bai Ruixue <strong>and</strong> Zhu Hongliang, “Comm<strong>and</strong>er of the Chinese<br />

Flotilla for Escort Missions Says: At Present, the Flotilla Does<br />

Not Have a Disembark<strong>at</strong>ion Plan,” Xinhua, December 26, 2008.<br />

59. Greg Torode, “For <strong>PLA</strong>, Firing on Pir<strong>at</strong>es is a Political Issue,”<br />

South China Morning Post, November 15, 2009.<br />

60. Interestingly, Somalia lacks an EEZ, instead claiming a territorial<br />

sea out to 200 nm. Beijing has avoided calling <strong>at</strong>tention to<br />

this anomaly. <strong>The</strong> author thanks Peter Dutton for this point.<br />

61. Huang Li, pp. 252-53.<br />

356

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