WASHINGTON: China has denied a request for a US Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao in recent days, a US defence official told ...
WASHINGTON: China has denied a request for a US Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao in recent days, a US defence official told Reuters on Tuesday , at a time of tense ties between the world's two largest economies.
Asked why the US request was denied, the US defence official said the question should be directed to Beijing. China's Defence Ministry, however, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.A trade war between the world's two largest economies has damaged global growth and raised market fears that the world economy could tip into recession.
Earlier this month, China denied a request by the US Navy transport dock ship Green Bay and guided-missile cruiser Lake Erie to visit Hong Kong.The proposed visit would have taken place at a time when anti-government protests in Hong Kong are posing the biggest challenge China's Communist Party rulers since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012. Authorities in Beijing have sent a clear warning that forceful intervention is possible to subdue the violence.
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