Chinese soldiers stand during a ceremony to organize the third batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops for Lebanon in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2007. The force, an engineering battalion comprising 275 officers and soldiers, will have an eight-month operation, replacing the second batch peacekeepers in Lebanon in early September. [Xinhua]

 

Chinese soldiers stand during a ceremony to organize the third batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops for Lebanon in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2007. The force, an engineering battalion comprising 275 officers and soldiers, will have an eight-month operation, replacing the second batch peacekeepers in Lebanon in early September. [Xinhua]

 

Chinese soldiers arrive at a ceremony to organize the third batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops for Lebanon in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2007. The force, an engineering battalion comprising 275 officers and soldiers, will have an eight-month operation, replacing the second batch peacekeepers in Lebanon in early September. [Xinhua]

 

(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2007)