As any regular readers know I hold no love for the People's Republic of China, as Mark Stein once said if your country's name includes the words People's Republic it is niether a republic nor answerable to the people.  The recent refusal of the PRC to allow US warships to call at Hong Kong is a fine reminder of that fact.  What is an even better reminder is that this is the second time in recent weeks this has occured, the first was a pair of minesweepers and a fleet oiler seeking refuge from a storm.  China is an enemy of the US, and the sooner we publicy admit that then the more effectively we can work to contain and if necessary defeat the PRC should it ever come to that.

From fox News: Navy Chief Surprised at China's Refusal of Port Visit for U.S. Ships.

     Two of the Navy's top admirals said Tuesday that China's refusal to permit a U.S. aircraft carrier to make a Thanksgiving port call at Hong Kong was surprising and troubling.

     "This is perplexing. It's not helpful," Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told reporters in a videoteleconference from his headquarters at Camp Smith, Hawaii.

     "It's not, in our view, conduct that is indicative of a country that understands its obligations as a responsible nation," he said, adding that he hopes it does not indicate a lasting blockage of port visits.

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