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.
The USS Kitty Hawk carrier is anchored at Malaysia's West Port in Port Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, August 28, 2007. 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. (Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters)
Time to deny China ... access to AMERICAN CUSTOMERS.
That will change things. Quick!
No more games. No more sellouts. Hardball time.
America first.
They could be a little more specific about what is meant by a “last minute denial.” Does this mean that they gave permission and then withdrew it at the last minute, or that they waited until the last minute to make the decision, and then said “no”?
If it was the former, then there should certainly be some sort of payback.
Holidays at sea suck.
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I agree, send the next ship full od China products back out to sea. F___k’em .
Time to pull a Carter and Boycott the Olympics perhaps 8-?
That would make nBc deeply saddened.. they might not be able to afford to send Matt Lauer and the rest of their Today show around the globe pandering to the loonie left..
We need to take back Long Beach Harbor from the CHICOMS...er “COSCO.”
“We” changed our minds.
(Go ask clinton for your refund.)
Never mind the next one.
No more cleared to any American port. Period.
Until that carrier is cleared to land.
Then some other sanction, just to make the point.
But what about the children its Christmas
Probably related to the Dali Lama visit and all of the toy recalls.
There are a bunch of unhappy sailors...
Perhaps ... it should dock at Taipei.
Yup. Have to dock in Taiwan or the Philipines or South Korea or back in Japan, now.
Or heck, Hawaii!
We need a new TEA PARTY.....dump CHINESE goods/tea in the ocean.....BEFORE they get to Customs....
(and yes I know Taipei isn’t a port — just suggesting some appropriate symbolism)
How about some ROC naval base somewhere? Taidong perhaps?
Kaohsiung even?
Taiwan would be an entertaining destination for our troops.
US Dollar buys a lot of NT...
Maybe are just afraid that a ship as old as the Kitty Hawk is now entirely composed of rust held together with paint and that it might just collapse in a heap in port. :-)
I remember riding on a Tin Can escorting the Kitty Hawk off Vietnam 40 years ago. Isn’t it time the poor thing was put to rest?
Its their port.
They can do as they like.
So can we.
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