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Chinese navy names its first woman captain of a warship

The Chinese navy has appointed its first woman commander to one of its warships.

Wei Huixiao, the captain of the guided-missile destroyer Shaoxing, was the subject of a number of profiles in state media over the weekend as the PLA Navy celebrated its 73rd anniversary.

Wei, who had previously worked for the tech giant Huawei Technologies, applied to join the navy in 2011 while completing her PhD and was tipped as a future commander four years ago.

She was born in 1977 in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. After graduating from Nanjing University, she served as secretary to the senior vice-president and then as an executive assistant at Huawei, open records show.

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