It seems there are currently 2 chinese flottilas in the Mediterranean (
):
A naval flotilla of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has conducted a live-fire drill in the Mediterranean Sea “honing their combat skills” en route to a joint exercise with the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea, the Chinese Ministry of Defense (MoD)
on July 12.
...
Another PLAN flotilla consisting of three warships is also currently cruising the Mediterranean Sea. The flotilla is on a “goodwill voyage” to more than 20 countries and arrived at the Italian port of Civitavecchia on July 11 for a port call.
I assume there is also a flotilla in the gulf of Aden - though there were some reports of one of the ships en route to the Baltic having a problem and being "substituted" by one of the ships from the Aden flotilla.
With yet another small fleet on the way to Djibouti, keeping up with PLAN overseas deployments is becoming complicated.
It would be really nice if there was a website "following" the currently deployed ships and their planned routes.