China Denies U.S. Navy Ship's Request to Dock in Hong Kong

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Tensions between China and the U.S. have escalated yet again after Beijing refused a U.S. Navy request for a port visit to Hong Kong, hours before a top Chinese official accused Washington of putting “a knife to China’s neck” with its latest round of trade tariffs. China denied the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp a port visit to Hong Kong and also recalled Vice Adm. Shen Jinlong from a visit to the U.S., calling off a planned high-level naval meeting. Chinese officials didn’t offer an explanation for refusing the port visit, but it came shortly after the countries hit each other with huge tariffs. “Now that the United States has adopted such a huge trade restriction measure... how can the negotiations proceed? It’s not an equal negotiation,” said Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen on Tuesday. U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in of Chinese goods and retaliatory taxes by Beijing on $60 billion in of U.S. products kicked in Monday.

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[Ilsa]

1. Gee, and I thought trump had fixed all

of our international relations which he said were "a mess" when he came to office.

This sounds like it could be a serious development or a prelude to one.

[riversedge]

7. Trumps fixer is not available. Is he advertizing for a new one?????

[rickford66]

2. Those sailors won't forget this.

[LanternWaste]

4. Sailors from the Stennis have forgotten their port of entry denial by the Chinese two years ago

No reason these particular seamen will remember something easily forgotten and benign.

[rickford66]

5. And you know this why ?

Weeks or months on a ship, looking forward to shore leave at a place like Hong Kong, is no big deal if denied ? I was in the Navy and losing a perk isn't easily forgotten.

[catsudon]

3. im sure

taiwan is available

[psychopomp]

6. Petulant behavior

This is the kind of foot-stamping that we should expect from China when we don't accede to their pretensions. Expect more acting out as the pain of tariffs increases.