When the Auspicious Ark entered Dakar, Senegal, on September 25, the scene looked closer to a public health mission than a naval deployment. Senegalese people and members of the Chinese community were waiting at the port as the vessel arrived for the first visit by a Chinese naval hospital ship ...
Source: [SCMP](https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3369439/chinas-hospital-ships-project-different-kind-naval-power-africa?utm_source=rss_feed)