China denies Hong Kong port visit for U.S. navy ship amid trade tensions

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China denies Hong Kong port visit for U.S. navy ship amid trade tensions | Reuters

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China has denied a request for a U.S. warship to visit Hong Kong, the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city said on Tuesday, amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over trade and a U.S. decision to sanction the Asian nation’s military.

The amphibious assault ship Wasp had been due to make a port call in the former British colony of Hong Kong in October, diplomatic sources said.
“The Chinese Government did not approve a request for a U.S. port visit to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp,” a consulate spokeswoman said.

“We have a long track record of successful port visits to Hong Kong, and we expect that to continue,” she added.

On Saturday, China summoned the U.S. ambassador in Beijing and postponed joint military talks in protest against a U.S. decision to sanction a Chinese military agency and its director for buying Russian fighter jets and a surface-to-air missile system.



They have denied port entry before, in 2016 but this is seemingly just a continuation of the slap boxing going on between the US and China

 

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The USS Wasp is still around?

 

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The USS Wasp is still around?

I was imagining some super futuristic amphibious flying ship, looked it up and was

 

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