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China and U.S. to Look Past Recent Incident, Collaborate on Economic Issues

Officials say the recent incident between a U.S. surveillance ship and China’s naval vessels in the South China Sea won’t adversely affect relations between the two countries as they work together to fight the global financial crisis.

The U.S. ship, Impeccable, was conducting tests designed to seek submarines and other vessels within China’s economic exclusion zone, less than 200 miles south of Hainan Island. The ship was harassed by a group of Chinese naval vessels which performed maneuvers within 25 feet of the Impeccable.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Washington yesterday and both parties have agreed to try and prevent these types of incidents from occurring in the future.

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