The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Monday China’s first-time participation in the world’s largest maritime exercises in Hawaii will help Beijing and other nations work together in a crisis.
The Rim of the Pacific drills will help countries respond as they did when Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last year and when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in March, Adm. Harry Harris told reporters at a news conference opening a month of training.
“These are multilateral events. Real world operations. It helps us if we practice together in settings like this,” Harris said.
The U.S. hopes the exercises will help the U.S. and China increase transparency and better understand each other, he said.
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Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/TAFypO
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