Best served cold

By Todd on November 27, 2007 12:04 PM | | Comments (2) |

A reader points out the goodwill on tap from our friends in Beijing:

On Wednesday evening, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied permission for the USS Kitty Hawk and its carrier battle group to make a four-day port call to Hong Kong for the Thanksgiving holiday. The 8,000 servicemen aboard the ships -- and the 290 families of crew members who had flown to Hong Kong to meet them -- were left with their Thanksgiving plans in tatters.

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Anonymous said:
Thanksgiving Turnaround by China May Be Too Late for Kitty Hawk Associated Press Word Count: 375 HONG KONG -- China said thousands of American sailors on board Navy ships could spend Thanksgiving in Hong Kong as planned, but Thursday's message came hours after the vessels had already left after earlier being refused entry to the port. The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk and members of its strike group, including a nuclear submarine, were scheduled to dock in Hong Kong on Wednesday for a four-day visit. Hundreds of sailors' families had flown to ...
November 27, 2007 1:55 PM
Anonymous said:
Wonder how the USS Pasadena Foundation, the Pasadena Chapter of the Navy League and the U.S. Marines from the Pasadena Marine Reserve Center think now about Bogaard's invitation to the Communist Chinese government to sponsor a float in the Rose Parade on January 1.
November 27, 2007 5:41 PM

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