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Chinese naval hospital ship Auspicious Ark visits Togo

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  1. Published2 November 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-11-02 21:55:25 UTC, run 193
  3. Machine readingAnalyzed
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Summary

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Hull 868, the PLA Navy hospital ship Auspicious Ark, arrived at the Port of Lomé, Togo, on November 1, 2026, as part of the 'Mission Harmony-2026' deployment, with a seven-day program combining onboard medical services and shore-based exchanges with Togolese naval bases and military hospitals. This is a standard Mission Harmony goodwill port call; it documents the deployment's West African itinerary and the PLA Navy's continued use of medical diplomacy to build access and relationships along the Atlantic coast, but the article provides no detail on which medical capabilities are being demonstrated or what institutional agreements, if any, accompany the visit.

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LOME, Nov. 2 -- The Chinese PLA Navy's hospital ship Auspicious Ark (Hull 868), which is on "Mission Harmony-2026," arrived at the Port of Lomé, Togo, on November 1, 2026, embarking on a seven-day goodwill visit. During the visit, the ship will provide medical services aboard its deck while dispatching medical teams to visit and carry out exchanges with Togolese naval bases and military hospitals. (Video Editor: Liu Sen)

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletChina Military Online (EN) (china_mil_online)
Source languageen — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date2026-11-02
Original URLhttp://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/EC/16497664.html
Collected at2026-11-02 21:55:25 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint23eb7345656c53fbfd2a1efd54fa63b9d1de8002e2312f575fbc1826e24b1806 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run193
Analysis modelclaude-sonnet-4-6
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "Chinese naval hospital ship Auspicious Ark visits Togo." China Military Online (EN), 2026-11-02. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/EC/16497664.html.

As held. Indo-Pacific Record, Research Atlas corpus, Record 5951, Snapshot — 2026-11-02 (1,581 records).

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