Chinese navy participates in RIMPAC for 1st time

HONOLULU, United States - Zhao Xiaogang (C), drill director of the Chinese navy fleet, takes questions from the press at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on June 30, 2014, during RIMPAC 2014, a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. It is the first time for China to participate in the exercise held every two years. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Yasuki Nakahata (far R) also attends the press conference. Japan's Aegis-equipped destroyer Kirishima is seen in the back.

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