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China Refused Kitty Hawk's Stay in Hong Kong due to Naval Exercise Aimed at Taiwan
Yonhap News ^ | 11/24/07 | Chung Ju-ho

Posted on 11/24/2007 12:26:07 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

/begin my translation

China Refused Kitty Hawk's Stay in Hong Kong due to Naval Exercise Aimed at Taiwan

(Hong Kong = Yonhap News) Chung Ju-ho = Ming Bao of Hong Kong reported on Nov. 24 that large-scale Naval Exercise by PLAN is a reason why China refused U.S. carrier Kitty Hawk's scheduled stay in Hong Kong for a while.

According to sources, PLAN's Eastern and Southern Fleet conducted large-scale joint military exercise recently in the area of Pacific east of Taiwan, and north of Philippines, practicing hypothetical blockade of Taiwan.

Russian-made missile frigates and submarines, 022 stealth missiles, and anti-ship cruise missiles were all deployed in this exercise, while China's indigenously developed AWACS were reportedly spotted in the sky above Nanjing.

Airspace control of eastern and southern coastal area, which will end on Nov. 25, is also said to be related to this naval exercise. Since Nov. 20, airspace control has been in effect in the sky over cities of eastern coast, resulting in hours of delay of local air flights.

Sources reportedly said that, during the exercise, some Chinese ships ran into Kitty Hawk's battle group in the international waters, sailing toward Hong Kong.

Kitty Hawk was due to enter Hong Kong on the morning of Nov. 21 in time for Thanksgiving Day holidays starting Nov. 22, but China refused it at the last minute without any explanation. Then they reversed their decision on Nov. 22, allowing the entry.

Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, said Chinese decision is "dismaying and worrisome," and China had refused entry of another U.S. Navy ships a few days before.

Two torpedo removal ships of U.S. Navy reportedly ran into bad weather in South China Sea at the time and asked the stay in Hong Kong and fuel supply but China refused.

In short, China wanted to hide the details of their naval exercise and combat capability by refusing the stay of Kitty Hawk in Hong Kong, whose battle group boasts sophisticated information-gathering ability.

Despite China's change of the decision, Kitty Hawk has already returned to Yokosuka, Japan, and its 8,000 sailors had to spend Thanksgiving Day on board on Nov. 22.

/end my translation



TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blockade; china; hongkong; navalexercise; portcall; taiwan; usskittyhawk
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To: Wiz
Personally, if PLAN was in fact conducting exercises (which I doubt), I'd like to have seen the Kitty Hawk Strike Group sail right through them on their way back to Japan.

The bottom line, the ChiCom's are lying enemies....

21 posted on 11/24/2007 5:26:25 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
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To: Jackson Brown
Indeed, you were posting your apology for your being a screw up 58 seconds prior to my posting the correction of yet another one of your screw ups.

BTW, learning something about carrier battle group port calls in Hong Kong would have prevented you from exposing yourself as an even bigger screw up which you have yet to issue an apology for.

22 posted on 11/24/2007 5:55:02 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Jackson Brown

The decision was reversed, but only after the KH CSG had turned around and headed back to Japan...after it was too late for the sailors to spend their Holiday in Hong Kong as planned with many of their family members who had flown ahead to be there with them. So the sailors spent the holiday at sea and I am sure that they will tell you that the reversal meant exactly what it was worth...absolutely nothing.


23 posted on 11/24/2007 6:01:31 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Normally a silly game that the Chicoms play all the time, this time there were probably a thousand or more girls in HK waiting for the sailors, and the sailors itching to see them. Talk about a way to p*ss off a sailor - probably no other way to p*ss’em off more. Smart move, Chicomms.


24 posted on 11/24/2007 6:28:39 AM PST by American in Singapore (Bill Clinton: The Human Stain)
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To: Jackson Brown; TigerLikesRooster
This decision was reversed — Nice of you to do a translation, but a regular news search might have been more productive.

Why waste our time with articles that don't give any information? A better question is why would you attack another FReeper that went to the trouble to give us the straight scoop, telling us more than the entire Western media has done?

25 posted on 11/24/2007 8:12:34 AM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Cindy

What we really need to do is vote out all the corrupt politicians, who’ve got investments in China and often put China before America to protect their own investments. That means Congress, the White House, the State department and the USTR’s office.


26 posted on 11/24/2007 8:16:03 AM PST by hedgetrimmer (I'm a billionaire! Thanks WTO and the "free trade" system!--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Thanks for the ping/translation. I knew there had to be something behind this and the decision to reverse their refusal was less than sincere because they knew there was no way the battle group would turn around and return to port.


27 posted on 11/24/2007 8:30:39 AM PST by Dr. Marten (http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com)
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To: hedgetrimmer

“What we really need to do is vote out all the corrupt politicians, who’ve got investments in China and often put China before America to protect their own investments.”

BIG DITTO.


28 posted on 11/24/2007 2:08:01 PM PST by Cindy
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Interesting. Thanks.


29 posted on 11/24/2007 3:27:24 PM PST by GATOR NAVY
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To: Jackson Brown
"the final outcome — that the Kitty Hawk group was allowed to dock for Thanksgiving."

Is this true?! My son sent an e-mail on the 21st saying that they were not going to Hong Kong after all. He was kind of disappointed. His ship has been there before and really liked it there. He's not on the Kitty Hawk. He's on one of the accompanying destroyers. Anyway, we haven't heard from him since then! Maybe you're right! Do you have a link about it?

30 posted on 11/26/2007 2:47:18 PM PST by sneakers (This Pennsylvania gal supports DUNCAN HUNTER for President!)
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To: Jackson Brown

Never mind Jackson. I should have continued reading! :-)


31 posted on 11/26/2007 2:49:14 PM PST by sneakers (This Pennsylvania gal supports DUNCAN HUNTER for President!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

the Chinese foreign minister met with President Bush on Wednesday and blamed the incident on “a misunderstanding.”


32 posted on 11/28/2007 1:30:33 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; tallhappy; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Cindy; ...
China Explains Decision to Block U.S. Ships
33 posted on 11/29/2007 4:26:50 PM PST by Dr. Marten (http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com)
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To: Dr. Marten

Thank you Dr. Marten for the ping.


34 posted on 11/29/2007 4:47:26 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Dr. Marten

Thanks for the PING. I saw this earlier to today and am reminded that the cold war isn’t over, and now we are not only in a cold war with Russia, but China as well.


35 posted on 11/29/2007 6:31:58 PM PST by hedgetrimmer (I'm a billionaire! Thanks WTO and the "free trade" system!--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; InShanghai; HighRoadToChina; maui_hawaii; srm913; Free the USA; rightwing2; ...
Beating a Hawk in the Water
36 posted on 12/03/2007 4:50:49 AM PST by Dr. Marten (http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com)
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