Female Peking U student and former marine speaks with Xi
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Updated: 2018-05-04 16:16
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In her two years of military life, Song participated in a variety of training activities, such as search and rescue in cabins and naval gunfire. The girl in her 20s left her footprint in the South China Sea islands and the Gulf of Aden.
In December 2016, Song became the only female soldier of the 25th Navy Fleet for escort missions in the Gulf of Aden. She witnessed the Chinese fleet saving all 19 Syrian sailors from pirates after a seven-hour mission in April 2017.
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