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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

China’s Top Commander Tours San Diego

USS Ronald ReaganChina’s top general arrived at Naval Base San Diego Tuesday to be welcomed aboard two warships ahead of meetings later this week with Gen. Martin Dempsey on rising tensions in the South China Sea over Beijing’s territorial claims.

Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the People’s Liberation Army general staff, was scheduled to tour the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the new trimaran littoral combat ship USS Coronado.

The Navy was returning a courtesy in allowing Fang to tour the Reagan. In April, the Chinese permitted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to tour the Liaoning, a converted Russian warship that’s China’s only carrier.

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