{"id":62904,"date":"2019-12-04T01:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T01:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62904"},"modified":"2019-12-04T01:40:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T01:40:14","slug":"china-actually-started-blocking-us-navy-port-calls-hong-kong-months-latest-retaliatory-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62904","title":{"rendered":"China actually started blocking US Navy port calls to Hong Kong months before its latest retaliatory move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China retaliated against the US on Monday by suspending US Navy port visits to Hong Kong \u2014 but China in fact had already been rejecting port-call requests from the US for months, the US Pacific Fleet told Insider.<\/p>\n<p>In response to President Donald Trump signing a bill\u00a0supporting human rights in Hong Kong, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday that China had decided to\u00a0suspend the process of reviewing requests for US military vessels and aircraft to visit Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A US official told Insider that the move was most likely more significant diplomatically than operationally, adding that the US Navy had other options to make port besides Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are aware the People&#8217;s Republic of China has suspended US Navy port visits to Hong Kong,&#8221; Cdr. J. Myers Vasquez, a Pacific Fleet spokesman, told Insider on Monday evening in an emailed statement. He added that the US Navy hoped it would be able to &#8220;conduct future port visits to Hong Kong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s decision to suspend US Navy port calls to Hong Kong over what Beijing characterized as &#8220;unreasonable&#8221; and &#8220;serious interference in China&#8217;s internal affairs&#8221; appears to be a largely symbolic gesture of China&#8217;s dissatisfaction with US behavior rather than a meaningful punishment.<\/p>\n<p>China has been rejecting US Navy port calls left and right over the past few months, often without explanation.<\/p>\n\n<p>China has, according to the Pacific Fleet, rejected six US Navy port visit requests for Hong Kong in the past six months. The USS Green Bay was scheduled to make port in August, the USS Lake Erie in September, the USS Patriot and the USS Warrior in October, the USS Milius in November, and the USS Gabrielle Giffords in December. The most recent US Navy port call to Hong Kong was made by the USS Blue Ridge, the 7th Fleet command ship, in April.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing also rejected a US Navy port-call request for Qingdao, turning away the USS McCampbell in August.<\/p>\n<p>The city of\u00a0Hong Kong has been in turmoil\u00a0for the better part of the year as pro-democracy protests rage across the city.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump signed into law the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act last week, Beijing warned that it would &#8220;take strong countermeasures in response to the US behavior that interferes in China&#8217;s internal affairs and undermines China&#8217;s interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to suspending port visits to Hong Kong, China has also decided to sanction various nongovernmental organizations the country&#8217;s government has accused of fueling the unrest in the Chinese city.<\/p>\n<p>Update: US Pacific Fleet said Monday that China had denied seven port visit requests for Hong Kong in the past six months. The number should be six, not seven, PACFLEET clarified Tuesday. One ship, the USS McCampbell, was turned away from Qingdao, not Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China retaliated against the US on Monday by suspending US Navy port visits to Hong Kong \u2014 but China in fact had already been rejecting port-call requests from the US for months, the US Pacific Fleet told Insider. 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