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Rising Tensions? Yes, But The U.S. And Chinese Navies Are Training Together

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Rising Tensions? Yes, But The U.S. And Chinese Navies Are Training Together

August 31, 2016 • Even as China presses ahead with a military buildup in the South China Sea, the U.S. invited it to take part in the world's largest naval exercise at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Rising Tensions? Yes, But The U.S. And Chinese Navies Are Training Together

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