Chinese police are on UN mission

Expedition members salute as they say farewell to the public at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Nov 12, 2013. Fifteen policemen and policewomen from Southwest China's Sichuan province kicked off a one-year peacekeeping mission for the United Nations in South Sudan in a departure ceremony held in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan. The mission team consists of police officers with various specialties including criminal investigation and drug enforcement, covering members ranging from post-60s generation to post-80s. They will go for training in North China's Hebei province and Uganda before heading to South Sudan. This is the second time since 2008 that Sichuan has independently participated in a UN mission. [Photo by He Haiyang/Asianewsphoto]