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In May, the Chinese government cancelled a port visit in Hong Kong, saying it was &#8220;inconvenient&#8221; for the flattop to pull in.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not long after departing the South China Sea, the Stennis participated in a massive show of force in the Philippine Sea as it rendezvoused with carrier Ronald Reagan. In a release, Navy Task Force 70 headlined the dual carrier flight operations as &#8220;Two carrier strike groups double down in Western Pacific,&#8221; noting that this showcases &#8220;United States unique capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups in close proximity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the three months, Stennis frequently became a symbol of the U.S. response to increasingly aggressive Chinese moves across\u00a0the region.\u00a0China claims nearly all of the South China Sea as its sovereign territory and has reinforced its claims by constructing man-made islands on rocky outcroppings, reefs and atolls in the region. 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