Posted on 11/21/2007 7:23:11 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has unexpectedly denied the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier and its accompanying ships entry to Hong Kong port for a long-planned Thanksgiving holiday visit, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
"At present, it appears the USS Kitty Hawk strike group will not be making a port call in Hong Kong as previously planned as a result of a last minute denial by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs," State Department spokeswoman Nicole Thompson said.
China gave no reason was for the denial, Thompson said.
The United States is pressing Chinese authorities for an explanation and to reconsider its decision, she added.
The Financial Times newspaper said the Kitty Hawk group and its crew of 8,000 U.S. airmen and sailors had been expected in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but now would spend the holiday on the South China Sea.
A U.S. Navy spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
ah yes, but it was under the benevolent rule of your British allies in the past.
Rumour has it that a goodly proportion of the dollars in your pocket were forged in China. They are apparently very good at doing that.
Alright, get in line you ChiComm f%%%s, after Iran and Putin and Chavez. Didn’t you dolts notice that we just took down two nations, one of which had NEVER been taken, with minimal support from half (the traitorous libscum half) of our nation?
That’s right, tick us off. Even if by some Satanic miracle you do take us down, about a third of your population will starve to death. What do you think will happen to the ruling Party then?
But go ahead, p### us off. Morons.
One word:
“Boycott”.
Per a Constitution written and imposed by General Douglas MacArthur in the late 1940s, no less.
We are a puppy at the end of China's leash.
That is true.
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Stomp your feet, and throw a temper tantrum. The ‘powers that be’ will never truly do what is necessary. They will continue to piss away the American middle class on the backs of cheap labor.
I heard she's going to stay in Bremerton.
Kitty Hawk
I’m not surprised. It’s bad strategy to bunch all the east coast carriers in one place. Although I notice that 8 of the carriers were at sea yesterday. It’s also about the highest percentage of ships at sea being classified as deployed that I’ve ever seen-
Ships Underway (away from homeport): 100 ships (36% of total)
On deployment: 99 ships (35% of total)
Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 26 submarines (48%)
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=146
How about we “deny access” to our ports to the tens of thousands of Chinese container ships bearing Christmas gifts? That would cause their GDP to drop by 50% next year.
I wonder what Hong Kong would look like if an EA-6 or modern day variant happened to fly along its coast energized. (Oops, I thought that toggle switch hooked me into Sirius...)
Thanks.
Allow me to update your history log.
>>China banned U.S. ships entering Hong Kong waters in 1999 when NATO planes bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during the Kosovo crisis and refused port calls for several months after a U.S. spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet in April, 2001.<<
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312528,00.html
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