Scratch Hong Kong off the Liberty Port List…

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(BBC – 6 Oct 08)  China cancels US military contact:

China has cancelled military and diplomatic exchanges with the US in protest at a $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms, US officials say.

A number of senior level visits and military-to-military exchanges due before November would not go ahead, the US defence department said.

The sales include advanced interceptor missiles, Apache helicopters and submarine-launched missiles.

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Oh and Skippy-san – this one’s for old time’s sake:

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