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Title:
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China Disinvited from Participating in 2018 RIMPAC Exercise
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Author:
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Megan Eckstein
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Source:
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USNI News
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Date:
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May 23, 2018
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Description:
- The U.S. military has disinvited China from participating in the upcoming Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii, a Defense Department spokesman announced. Citing actions in the South China Sea that run counter to international norms and a pursuit of free and open seas, Department of Defense spokesman Marine Lt. Col. Christopher Logan said the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) would not be participating in the exercise despite its participation in submarine safety and other non-warfighting components of the exercise in previous years.
