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Title:
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USS Montgomery Arrives in Singapore
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Author:
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MC1 Greg Johnson
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Source:
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Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet
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Date:
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July 6, 2019
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Description:
- SINGAPORE (NNS) – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore July 6 as part of a rotational deployment to the Indo-Pacific area of operations. Montgomery’s arrival in Singapore marks the fourth deployment of littoral combat ship to Southeast Asia, which include USS Freedom (LCS 1), USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and USS Coronado (LCS 4).
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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South China Sea: Japan beefs up presence in waters with two month war drills
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Author:
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Kumail Jaffer
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Source:
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Express
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Date:
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July 3, 2019
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Description:
- JAPAN risks angering China after one of Tokyo’s largest warships completed a two-month deployment in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Pentagon says China missile test in South China Sea 'disturbing'
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Author:
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Idrees Ali
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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July 3, 2019
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Description:
- The Pentagon said on Tuesday a recent Chinese missile launch in the disputed South China Sea was “disturbing” and contrary to Chinese pledges that it would not militarize the disputed waterway.
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Title:
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Xi Jinping calls for ‘timely’ easing of North Korea sanctions after Trump-Kim meeting
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Author:
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Lee Jeong-Ho
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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July 2, 2019
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Description:
- Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US leader Donald Trump to show “flexibility” and act in a “timely” fashion to ease sanctions on North Korea at the G20 summit last week – echoing Pyongyang’s high-stakes nuclear demands to Washington – according to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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Title:
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Trump Restarts China Trade Talks, but the Two Sides Remain Far Apart
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Author:
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Alan Rappeport and Keith Bradsher
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Source:
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New York Times
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Date:
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June 30, 2019
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Description:
- A day after agreeing to resume trade talks with China, President Trump and his top advisers said no timeline existed for reaching a deal and suggested that the two sides remained as far apart as they were when talks broke up in May.
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Title:
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G20 summit 2019: Trump: Won't be raising tariffs for time being
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Author:
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Al Jazeera
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Source:
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Al Jazeera
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Date:
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June 29, 2019
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Description:
- The annual summit of the Group of 20 nations has ended in Osaka, Japan. The ongoing trade war between China and the United States, the world's two biggest economies, topped the agenda. The G20 is an international leaders' forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union.
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Title:
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G20 summit 2019: Trump meets leaders in Osaka
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Author:
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CNN
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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June 29, 2019
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Description:
- US President Donald Trump has left Japan following the conclusion of the G20 summit. Air Force One is making the 90-minute flight to the Osan Air Base, just south of Seoul in South Korea. There Trump will meet the nation's president Moon Jae-in, and potentially see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone (DMZ).
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Title:
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Why Xi Jinping Is Courting Kim Jong-un
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Author:
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John Delury
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Source:
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New York Times
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Date:
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June 23, 2019
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Description:
- As President Xi Jinping of China left North Korea on Friday afternoon, much attention was focused on whether he had obtained any concession on denuclearization from Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader — and how he might leverage that when he meets President Trump this week on the margins of the G-20 summit. But this focus on nuclear weapons and China’s trade war with the United States obscures the real significance of Mr. Xi’s trip, and it mistakes his weakness for strength.
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Title:
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North Korea reminds China of colonial history to strengthen ties
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Author:
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Agence France Presse
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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June 22, 2019
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Description:
- Pyongyang's relationship with Beijing is "invincible" because the countries both endured Japanese rule, North Korea said Saturday, June 22, the day after the Chinese President's highly symbolic visit ended.
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Title:
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Tsai seeks expanded Taiwan-US-Japan cooperation in Indo-Pacific
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Author:
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Taiwan Today
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Source:
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Taiwan Today
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Date:
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June 14, 2019
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Description:
- President Tsai Ing-wen said June 13 that Taiwan is determined to ramp up cooperation with the U.S. and Japan in countering rising challenges to rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific. Taiwan will deepen trilateral ties and work closely with the like-minded partners in promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity for the benefit of all, Tsai said. This approach is in line with the U.S.’s visions and principles for a free and open Indo-Pacific, she added.
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Title:
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The Department of Defense’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy
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Author:
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USNI News
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Source:
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USNI News
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Date:
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May 31, 2019
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Description:
- The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific in which all nations, large and small, are secure in their sovereignty and able to pursue economic growth consistent with accepted international rules, norms, and principles of fair competition.
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Title:
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Rival South China Sea visions in spotlight as Washington, Beijing front Shangri-La Dialogue
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Author:
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Brad Lendon
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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May 30, 2019
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Description:
- With China-US relations already strained amid an escalating trade war, attention is about to turn to a familiar arena -- the South China Sea. After years of stand-offs and brinkmanship in the hotly contested region, acting US Defense Secretary Michael Shanahan is expected to unveil the Pentagon's new Indo-Pacific strategy at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday.
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Title:
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Taiwan and US officials hold rare meeting amid China tension
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Author:
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Aljazeera
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Source:
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Aljazeera
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- Senior national security officials from the United States and Taiwan have held their first meeting in four decades this month, with the aim of deepening cooperation, the government in Taipei has said.
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Title:
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US takes aim at Chinese surveillance as the trade war becomes a tech war
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Author:
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Arjun Kharpal
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Source:
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CNBC
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- China and America’s trade war looks more and more like a tech war, and the United States appears to be widening its focus on to another category of Chinese technology: surveillance.
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Title:
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Trump Says U.S. ‘Not Ready’ to Make a Trade Deal With China
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Author:
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Shannon Pettypiece and Iain Marlow
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Source:
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Bloomberg
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Date:
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May 27, 2019
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Description:
- The U.S. isn’t ready to make a trade deal with China, President Donald Trump said while on a state visit to Japan. “I think they probably wish they made the deal that they had on the table before they tried to renegotiate it,” Trump said Monday at a joint press conference in Tokyo alongside Japanese leader Shinzo Abe. “They would like to make a deal. We’re not ready to make a deal.”
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Title:
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IMF warns US-China trade war will 'jeopardise' 2019 global growth
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Author:
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Channel News Asia
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Source:
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Channel News Asia
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- The IMF sounded the alarm on Thursday (May 23) about the escalating US-China trade war, warning it will "jeopardise" 2019 global growth, undermine confidence and raise prices for consumers.
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Title:
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U.S.-China Asia Pacific Security Dialogue
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Author:
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US Department of Defense
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Source:
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US Department of Defense
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- Defense officials from the United States and China met in Washington D.C., for the third Asia Pacific Security Dialogue on May 21. Mr. Randall Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, led the U.S. delegation in talks with Chinese Major General Ci Guowei, Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation. The dialogue emphasized a constructive, results-oriented military relationship with a focus on maintaining open and clear communication, especially in times of crisis.
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Title:
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US Senate bill proposes sanctions for involvement in ‘illegal’ activities in South and East China seas
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Author:
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Owen Churchill
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- US senators from both political parties will reintroduce legislation on Thursday committing the government to punish Chinese individuals and entities involved in what they call Beijing’s “illegal and dangerous” activities in the South and East China seas. If it becomes law, the “South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act” would require the government to seize US-based financial assets and revoke or deny US visas of anyone engaged in “actions or policies that threaten the peace, security or stability” of areas in the South China Sea that are contested by one or more members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)
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Title:
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U.S. Navy again sails through Taiwan Strait, angering China
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Author:
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Idrees Ali
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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May 23, 2019
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Description:
- The U.S. military said it sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, its latest transit through the sensitive waterway, angering China at a time of tense relations between the world’s two biggest economies
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Title:
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U.S., Japan, South Korea, Australia hold first naval drills in Western Pacific
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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May 22, 2019
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Description:
- U.S. Navy ships conducted joint drills with warships from allies Japan, Australia and South Korea in their first combined exercise in the Western Pacific, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday. The Pacific Vanguard exercise near the U.S. island of Guam takes place ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan this weekend, as Washington looks to allies in Asia to help counter China’s military might in the region.