{"id":3921,"date":"2007-11-22T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-22T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/11\/china-to-allow-us-carrier-into.html"},"modified":"2007-11-22T06:03:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-22T06:03:00","slug":"china-to-allow-us-carrier-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/11\/china-to-allow-us-carrier-into.html","title":{"rendered":"China to allow U.S. carrier into Hong Kong after all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like things are starting to get a little testy between us and China<\/a>, I hope the military is preparing for a confrontation with China because it looks like they are getting ready for one.<\/p>\n

China refused permission for a U.S. aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels to visit Hong Kong for a long-planned Thanksgiving holiday visit — and then changed its mind.
\nThe USS Kitty Hawk group and its crew of 8,000 airmen and sailors had been expected in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but the U.S. State Department said the visit had been blocked by China.
\nHundred of relatives of crew members of the Kitty Hawk had flown to Hong Kong to celebrate Thanksgiving. Hong Kong, especially its Wanchai bar district, has been a regular port of call for U.S. sailors on “R & R” (rest and recuperation) since the Vietnam War.
\n[…]
\nHe did not say why the ships had been blocked in the first place, but there are issues that may have prompted Beijing’s action including U.S. plans to sell Taiwan a $940 million upgrade to its missile system and last month’s meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader who Beijing considers a traitor. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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