U.S. Warship Makes Port Call in Qingdao
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A U.S. destroyer docked in eastern China today, the first port call in China by a U.S. Navy ship since the two countries curtailed military ties after a dispute over a plane crash last year.
Chinese sailors lined the dock as the destroyer Paul F. Foster pulled into Qingdao. A Chinese military band played and a girl held a bouquet in welcome.
Military ties were cut back after a Navy spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet collided over the South China Sea in April 2001.
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