Commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet Scott Van Buskirk delivers a speech in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 21, 2011. Seventh Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday for the ship's port visit lasting about five days. (Xinhua/Wong Pun Keung)U.S. Navy Commander Addresses China's Rise -- Wall Street Journal
HONG KONG—The top U.S. naval commander for the Asian-Pacific region called on China to be "responsible and constructive" as it prepares to deploy its first aircraft carrier, while stressing that America retains substantial firepower and surveillance capacity in the region.
"It is our sincere hope that as China continues to develop a blue-water navy—one that may soon include an aircraft carrier—it will employ that navy in a way that is responsible and constructive," Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, said in prepared remarks Monday to a forum in Hong Kong.
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