U.S.-China Navies Buddy Up Even as Diplomatic Tensions Simmer
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Just as tensions between China and the U.S. over territorial disputes in the South China Sea are heating up, the navies of the two nations are developing closer, friendlier relations.
“What we have found is at the fleet level, even when there are these diplomatic tensions, that at the navy-to-navy level, that is the area where we can work together,” said Commander William Marks, spokesman for the Seventh Fleet, aboard the flagship USS Blue Ridge on a visit to the coastal city of Qingdao, China.