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Rear Adm. Lu Fangqiu; Ms. Xin Liu, President of Aloha Bridge Service in Honolulu; and Rear Adm. Bob Conway, pose during the reception for the PLA-Navy aboard the USS O’Kane (DDG 77) Photo by PH-2 Lisa Aman, USN .
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What can be achieved by these exchange visits was aptly summarized by Rear Adm. Harms who told attending journalists in Hawaii of the "great opportunity to build friendships and trust" offered by such visits, and the "great opportunity for our two navies to make a great impact together." While differences in ideologies and institutional policies are important, the human element is ever the key to building the bonds of friendship and trust that can ameliorate many differences. Each successful exchange visit is an important step on the road to achieving such desirable aims. The exchange of visits in 2000 between the Chinese and U.S. Navies were more steps on that worthy road.
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Chinese personnel enjoy an evening reception in their honor aboard the USS O’Kane (DDG 77) Photo by PH-2 Lisa Aman, USN . |
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Rear Adm. Lu Fangqiu (center) leads Chinese officers in honoring the U.S. sailors entombed in USS Arizona, sunk in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at the beginning of World War II in the Pacific. Photo by PH1 Don Dinsmore, USN |
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Capt. Fu
Guosen, commander of the Qingdao (DDG 113) listens to bandsman
MU3 Chris Bunton during the reception aboard the USS O’Kane
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Rear Adm. Alfred G. Harms, Jr., bids farewell to Rear Adm. Lu Fangqiu after the successful four-day goodwill visit by the PLA-Navy ships to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photo by PH1 Don Dinsmore, USN
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