Pacific developments are an interest of mine. Add this planned port-call to the list of recent Asia Pacific developments the last few weeks:
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flyovers of 'disputed' areas
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F18 going down in the Philippine sea
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Duterte backing down his posture against China on some disputed reefs
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Duterte cutting short his APEC visit and now hosting Xi for a state visit in Manila
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Pence tense meeting with Xi supposedly
Something tells me this port-of-call is a stunt, that HK will not grant approval and POTUS knows it.