China flexed its muscle this week, and reminded everyone who really controls Hong Kong, when it denied the USS Kitty Hawk from stopping there for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said he's "perplexed and... ...full story at Zhongnanhai
from Zhongnanhai on Fri, Nov 23 2007
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