Vendemiaire (F734), a French Navy frigate, started a four-day visit to Qingdao, a coastal city of east China's Shandong province, on Saturday. The visit will include sightseeing, warship visits, cultural and expertise exchanges and other activities. Vendemiaire and the Weifang, a Chinese Navy missile frigate, conducted joint exercises in formation movement, small-caliber cannon firing, underway replenishment and communications in waters near Qingdao on May 6, 2016. This is Vendemiaire's fourth visit to Qingdao and its 13th to China. [qingdaonews.com]