The Chinese and foreign naval cadets who were on the “Harmonious Mission – the
‘Zheng He’ oceangoing training ship’s voyage around the world” conducted
oceangoing practice and training on the morning of April 18, 2012.
“From this day on, these naval cadets from Pakistan, Bangladesh, the
Republic of Korea and other countries will conduct training on various subjects
including physiographic navigation, celestial navigation and maritime
meteorology together with the Chinese naval cadets,” said Jiang Guoping, deputy
commander of the visit and president of the Dalian Naval Academy of the Navy of
the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Zoubaier, a Pakistani cadet, was conducting training on the operation
of a sextant range finder attentively under the guidance of his instructor on
the rear deck of the “Zheng He” ship. A navigation instructor of the Dalian
Naval Academy said, “The sextant range finder has been used in navigation for
over 200 years. Position-finding through sextant range finder is still an
indispensable skill for naval officers.” Zoubaier told the reporter that
positioning in Pakistan mainly relies on global positioning system (GPS) while
that in China relies on more diversified tools and he was delighted to learn
these traditional positioning methods.
The foreign cadets on the “Zheng He” ship had a brand-new
understanding of the PLA Navy through mutual learning. Yu Zhenshan, a South
Korean cadet on the ship, said, “All the Chinese cadets are very clever and also
quite friendly to us. I feel it is a rare opportunity to learn on such a Chinese
special training ship.”
“We can also learn a lot in the training together with foreign cadets
on the same ship,” said Lu Taotao, a Chinese cadet of the Dalian Naval Academy.
The navy is an international service and the training for the Chinese and
foreign cadets on the same ship takes English as the language of instruction
during the whole voyage and offers such courses as foreign affairs etiquette,
world history and culture, geopolitics and national security, which will help us
further broaden maritime horizons, strengthen strategic awareness and improve
comprehensive qualities. “Just like the theme of the round-the-world voyage –
‘Harmonious Mission’, we have performed, and also publicized the concept of
harmony during the joint training for the Chinese and foreign cadets,” said Lu
Taotao.
According to a briefing, the Chinese and foreign naval cadets will
also conduct training on 13 subjects including organization and management of
warship training, navigation law and enforcement, naval seamanship and warship
operation during the round-the-world voyage. Meanwhile, the teaching group will
also specially offer foreign naval cadets some teaching contents with Chinese
characteristics such as basic Chinese, Chinese traditional culture lectures and
Chinese-song-singing, so as to help them learn professional knowledge and
understand Chinese culture in a better way.
By Li Qinwei and Cao Jinping (Beijing, April 18, PLA Daily)
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