35 YEARS OF ENSURING GLOBAL STABILITY VIA SINCERITY, STRENGTH

Chinese peacekeepers join parade, mark major contributions to UN missions

Chinese peacekeeper Yang Huanhuan will never forget the note she left for a mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo written in Swahili: "Florence, don't cry, be strong! We stand with you!"

Yang served as a military observer in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo from 2018 to 2019. She was also among the first female military observers sent by China.

During her frequent patrols, she met Florence, a single mother of three children, whose house had been destroyed in a fire.