Overseas Chinese in Hawaii visit modern battleships from their motherland.
Photo by Qian Xiaohu

　　At 12:00 on September 6, local time (6:00 a.m. on September 7, Beijing time), the Chinese naval vessel task force, made up of the No. 113 Missile Destroyer and the No. 881 Comprehensive replenishment Ship, and which is on its way to visit the United States, Canada and the Philippines, arrived at its first leg of the three-nation trip-the Pearl Harbor, kicking off its four-day visit to Hawaii.

　　On the afternoon of the same day, Rear Admiral Wang Fushan, commander of the task force and the captains of the two vessels paid courtesy calls to Rear Admiral Alexander of Hawaii Naval Command and local governmental officials of Hawaii State and Honolulu City. The officials of the Chinese embassy and consulate in the US, Chinese nationals and overseas Chinese and representatives of Chinese holding agencies visited the two Chinese naval vessels.

　　Since its departure from Qingdao on August 21, the naval vessel task force has covered 4,984 nautical miles in 402 hours of continuous voyage before it arrived at the Pearl Harbor day before yesterday.

　　By Qian Xiaohu and Zhong Kuirun

　　(Sept 8, PLA Daily)