$ W7 F1 x" s: ~7 r9 J$ r访问与演练将历时七天，河内和华盛顿官员均强调这是例行演练，但是中国解放军总参谋长本周批评这是“极不妥当”的做法。# E1 y0 v+ a" q+ A F
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美军参谋长联席会议主席马伦在与陈炳德会面时则强调，美军将继续在南中国海活动，包括与盟国进行军事演练。 L* K; i/ I( b2 x' ?! C
g* u& c+ F D" f' o中国声称对南中国海及其岛屿拥有主权，越南则声称对南沙和西沙群岛（越南称长沙和黄沙群岛）拥有主权。 3 }" a. s$ K, Q% \& r( j0 l4 a. O7 o, @: E; Z
越南与中国近日互相投诉其船舰在南中国海水域遭对方骚扰，两国随后各自举行了海上军演，河内也接连六个星期天爆发了反华示威。/ n; Y4 ], H1 a/ Q- {, c4 Y6 s
6 x3 J& D; ]2 v w5 c1 G& P马伦星期五在日本东京重申，中国军方在南中国海的行为，尤其在于航行自由相关问题方面，让人担忧。 6 {6 h: z1 G0 u+ f# D+ [' N* H5 h4 H x5 J- d 7 I/ c8 i& w& R9 @/ i/ h7 d
Vietnam's Colonel Nguyen Van Lam greets U.S. Rear Adm. Tom Carney, right, in a welcoming ceremony at Tien Sa port, in Vietnam, on Friday.' _6 O: c( D8 T( } I
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9 m( \, r5 L$ u- ]; r* P E. f0 x3 KU.S. Rear Adm. Tom Carney, Commander, Logistics Group, Western Pacific Commander, Task Force 73, center, speaks to reporters in front of U.S. Navy salvage ship, USS Safeguard (ARS-50) during the ship's port call at Da Nang port in Da Nang, Vietnam, Friday, July. 15, 2011. U.S. and Vietnamese officials have stressed that the seven-day ship visit and naval training are part of routine exchanges planned long before tensions began flaring between China and Vietnam in late May. China has criticized the port call as inappropriate, saying it should have been rescheduled due to the ongoing squabble.
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