Reply #4: Chinese bureaucrats admit to the mistake but [View All]

[ohio2007]

it could have cost them their lives if things turned hot in the Formosa straits


Report: Chinese ships confronted Kitty Hawk


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The carrier strike group encountered Chinese destroyer Shenzhen and a Song-class sub in the strait on Nov. 23, causing the group to halt and ready for battle, as the Chinese vessels also stopped amid the 28-hour confrontation, the Chinese-language daily reported.

The Kitty Hawk battle group had planned to pass the Thanksgiving holiday in Hong Kong as it had done in previous years, but China refused it entry without giving a reason.

By the time China reversed its decision, the U.S. ships had already turned around and headed for their home port in Japan. China later told the U.S. that its earlier refusal was a “misunderstanding.”

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http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/01/kyo_china_080115/

Hey, lucky the filipino monkey only haunts the straits of Hormuz eh ?