(China.org) Jin Liangxiang - On Jan. 6, while visiting Israel, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a deal with China on a new port at Haifa, raising concerns that the U.S. Sixth Fleet will change its longstanding operations in Haifa. U.S. fleets in the Asia-Pacific area have long regarded China's Hong Kong as a site of logistical support. Despite tensions, China is always ready to approve docking of U.S. fleets at Hong Kong, the latest being the [nuclear-powered supercarrier] USS Ronald Reagan in November 2018. The U.S. has chosen to dock there, never expressing a concern that China would collect intelligence as a result. In addition, the U.S. military base in Djibouti and China's logistic support base were established in the same area, yet the U.S. never expressed unease about China's military presence. The writer is Senior Research Fellow with the Center for West Asian and African Studies at Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
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