DILI, TIMOR-LESTE, Jan. 17, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Local children visit a Chinese Navy warship at Dili, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Jan. 17, 2015. A Chinese Navy task force on Saturday arrived in Dili to pay a five-day official visit to the country. The task force 152, which comprises a destroyer, a frigate and a supply ship, has been Chinese Navy's first one to pay an official visit to Timor-Leste since it became a sovereign state in 2002. (Xinhua/Wu Yongjian)
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