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  • Top US Pacific commander concerned China blocked ship from Hong Kong_(also denied bad weather port)

    11/22/2007 5:38:08 PM PST · by Flavius · 32 replies · 180+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | November 22, 2007 | November 22, 2007
    HONOLULU: The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Thursday he is "perplexed and concerned" by China's last-minute decision to deny a U.S. aircraft carrier entry to Hong Kong for a previously scheduled port visit. The USS Kitty Hawk and its escort ships were due to dock in Hong Kong for a four-day visit Wednesday until they were refused access. Hundreds of family members who had flown to Hong Kong to spend Thanksgiving with their sailors were stranded by the move. "It's hard to put any kind of positive spin on this," Adm. Timothy Keating told The Associated Press...