Learn Chinese with ChinesePod News (March 29, 2019) Edited

An oil tanker heading towards the Libyan capital of Tripoli rescued a group of 100 Libyan migrants who then hijacked the vessel. Subsequently, Maltese armed forces boarded the tanker and restored control to the crew. The Libyans have been taken to Malta’s capital, Valletta.

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This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:

偷渡: to secretly cross an international border
隸屬: be subordinate to
不料: unexpectedly
威逼: to coerce
挾持: to seize somebody on both sides by the arms

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