China Blocks US Ship From Visiting Hong Kong Harbor Amid Bilateral Row - Reports

China Blocks US Ship From Visiting Hong Kong Harbor Amid Bilateral Row - Reports

The Chinese government has refused US amphibious assault ship Wasp permission to visit the Hong Kong harbor next month amid a range of military and economic disagreements, media reported on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th September, 2018) The Chinese government has refused US amphibious assault ship Wasp permission to visit the Hong Kong harbor next month amid a range of military and economic disagreements, media reported on Tuesday.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Beijing also recalled Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Commander Vice Adm. Shen Jinlong from a visit to the United States where the official was to meet with his US counterpart Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson at a global navy conference.

Over the past several months, relations between Washington and Beijing have sharply deteriorated over trade disagreements. Last week, a new round of US tariffs on Chinese goods and retaliatory restrictions on US imports to China were imposed amid the further escalating trade dispute which the parties have so far failed to resolve despite holding numerous consultations.

A new spiral of the standoff was triggered after the United States imposed sanctions on a key Chinese military-research unit for buying Russian-made aircraft and an S-400 air defense system.