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China Goes Hyper-Aggressive, Endangers U.S. Ship, Threatens To Crash U.S. Treasury Securities

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Monday, March 16th, 2009

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When United States Moves To Defend Its Unarmed Ship, China Sends Armed Patrol Boats To International Waters Chinese ships nearly caused a collision with an unarmed U.S. Navy surveillance ship peacefully traversing international waters, causing the United States to send an Aegis destroyer to escort the American ship. But then China further escalated the incident by sending its most advanced armed patrol boat, the Yuzheng 311, to the area, according to news reports. Those developments came as a Chinese leader…

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