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Friday, February 12, 2010

China approves US aircraft carrier's Hong Kong visit

USS NimitzChina has given the green light to the visit of a US aircraft carrier to Hong Kong, a US official said Thursday, amid strained Sino-US military ties over Washington's sale of arms to Taiwan.

News of the stop by the USS Nimitz, one of the world's largest warships, comes less than two weeks after China said it would suspend military and security contacts with Washington over the arms deal with Taipei.

"We have received clearance from China for the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to visit Hong Kong in the near future," a spokesman for the US consulate in the Chinese city told AFP.

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