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China Worries About US Navy Plans for East Asia
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com Pacific Rim Bureau Chief
August 12, 2004

Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Beijing believes that a major global U.S. Navy exercise over the summer, as well as a reported plan to base a second aircraft carrier in the western Pacific, are signs that Washington's strategic focus is shifting east -- with the aim of tackling "the rise of China."

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http://www.cnsnews.com/ForeignBureaus/archive/200408/FOR20040812a.html

1,660 posted on 08/13/2004 8:55:44 PM PDT by Oorang ( Those who trade liberty for security have neither)
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To: Oorang

I guess its good they are worried too


1,720 posted on 08/14/2004 2:14:37 AM PDT by JustPiper (Obama- No More Free Ride to the Illinois Senate !!!)
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