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Agence France-Presse

China has denied requests for two US Navy ships to visit Hong Kong, the Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday, after the two countries engaged in a war of words over the city’s pro-democracy protests.
The USS Green Bay, an amphibious dock landing ship, was to stop in Hong Kong on Saturday, while the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie planned a port call there next month, Commander Nate Christensen, deputy spokesman for the United States Pacific Fleet, said in a statement.
“The Chinese government denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong” by the two vessels, Christensen said.
He referred the question of why the request was denied to China.

Weeks of protests in the semi-autonomous former British colony of Hong Kong have escalated, with protesters blocking and paralysing the city’s airport for a second day on Tuesday.
Beijing has increasingly pitched the anti-government protests as funded by the West, but has provided little evidence.
Early this month, Beijing demanded that US diplomats based in Hong Kong “stop interfering” in the city’s affairs, after reports that they met pro-democracy activists.
US President Donald Trump, however, faced criticism at home on Tuesday for avoiding harsh words over Beijing’s response to the protesters, who object to sliding freedoms in the semi-autonomous global financial centre.




A US Navy ship last visited Hong Kong in April.
Last September, with US-China trade tensions soaring, Beijing did not approve a request for the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, to visit.


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Visitors pose for photos outside Apec Haus in Papua New Guinea in November, with the USS Green Bay anchored just offshore in Port Moresby. Photo: AP

(FILES): This file photo released by the US Navy on December 11, 2003 shows a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) being launched December 11, 2003 from the Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie as part of the Missile Defense Agency's latest Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) test to defeat a medium range ballistic missile threat. The US Defense Department said late February 20, 2008 it had successfully used a ship-board missile to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite before it plummeted to Earth. "At approximately 10:26 pm today (0326 GMT Thursday), a US Navy Aegis warship, the USS Lake Erie, fired a single modified tactical standard missile 3, hitting the satellite approximately 247 kilometers (133 nautical miles) over the Pacific Ocean as it travelled in space more than 17,000 miles (44,000 kilometers) per hour," the Defense Department said in a statement. AFP PHOTO/FILES/US NAVY == GETTY OUT ==

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Anti-extradition bill protester in Tai Wai - the protesters pressed on with the march despite the police ban on several protest marches that were scheduled for this weekend, in Wong Tai Sin, Tai Po, Sham Shui Po and east Hong Kong Island. 10AUG19 SCMP / Sam Tsang

A lady gets emotional as he attempts to navigate through the crowd of anti-government protestors at the Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, as they attempt to paralyse one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs for a second consecutive day. 13AUG19 SCMP / Sam Tsang

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, arrives to meet the media before reconvening the Executive Council, Central Government Offices, Tamar. 13AUG19 SCMP / Nora Tam

A police officer (right) draws and points his gun at the airport. Photo: Felix Wong

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Amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay was expected to stop in Hong Kong on Saturday, while guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie planned port call in September



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China rejects US request for American warships to visit Hong Kong as protests rock city

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Amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay was expected to stop in Hong Kong on Saturday, while guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie planned port call in September