Multinational navies compete during a sampan race at the Qingdao port of east China's Shandong province, April 21, 2009. The sampan race is part of the four-day festivities for the 60th anniversary of Chinese PLA Navy. Some 13 navy fleets from 12 countries joined the competition on Tuesday. [Xinhua]
The LP-X Dokdo amphibious assault ship from the Rpublic of Korea, the most advanced vessel with the largest tonnage among the assembled vessels arrives in Qingdao, a port city in east China's Shandong Province, April 19, 2009. [Xinhua]
![Multinational navies compete during a sampan race at the Qingdao port of east China's Shandong province, April 21, 2009. The sampan race is part of the four-day festivities for the 60th anniversary of Chinese PLA Navy. Some 13 navy fleets from 12 countries joined the competition on Tuesday. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090422/000802ab80120b58b91735.jpg "Multinational navies compete during a sampan race at the Qingdao port of east China's Shandong province, April 21, 2009. The sampan race is part of the four-day festivities for the 60th anniversary of Chinese PLA Navy. Some 13 navy fleets from 12 countries joined the competition on Tuesday. [Xinhua]")
