On Friday, the Liaoning transited the Miyako Strait—a key chokepoint in Japan's Ryukyu Islands—before entering the East China Sea that same day, apparently en route to its home port of Qingdao.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Within a dozen years, the ports became central to U.S. Navy operations, building ships through World War II, and making Long Beach a sailors’ town, the home port for the Pacific Fleet.
Here, on starry evenings, there’s something wonderfully nostalgic about choosing a blockbuster from Calcot’s mammoth DVD library, strolling back to your cozy bolthole, and clinking a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon to the sound of a crackling fireplace—pure, country, bliss.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Of course, there’s a variety of insect sounds and the ordinary sounds of rainforests in this part of the world.
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