The US Defense Department has ordered the US Navy's Seventh Fleet to enter the seas southeast of Taiwan as a precautionary measure in the run up to Taiwan President-elect Chen Shui-bian's (
The Chinese-language program of Radio France International said Cohen told a congressional hearing that the Seventh Fleet, led by nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, was already on its way to the seas off Taiwan.
Cohen also said that the US had warned Beijing of grave consequences if China takes any forceful action against Taiwan.
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