Re: US Navy *can not* detect new Chinese subs.

On Nov 30, 4:33 pm, Andy <snuffd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Renli wrote:
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2007/11/10/chinese-sub-pop...

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Do you really think that the American navy would publish their actual
capability with regards to the most secretly guarded ships of all their
fleet?

Oh yeah, of course they would! I am sure there are quite a few defence
personnel pleased with that article.

Sun Tzu is also read by the Americans.

China says relations with US 'harmed,' cancelled Kitty Hawk visit
deliberate
1 hour ago

BEIJING - China's last-minute cancellation of a U.S. Navy visit to
Hong Kong wasn't a misunderstanding, but rather a result of ties with
Washington being "disturbed and harmed," the Chinese Foreign Ministry
said Thursday.

Spokesman Liu Jianchao did not directly say what had prompted the
cancellation, although he alluded to recent actions that angered
Beijing, including the U.S. Congress honoring the Dalai Lama and U.S.
arms sales to Taiwan.

Liu denounced a report that said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
told U.S. President George W. Bush that barring aircraft carrier USS
Kitty Hawk from entering Hong Kong harbor last week was a
misunderstanding.

"The report is not in line with the facts," Liu said at a regular news
briefing. He refused to elaborate.

Liu appeared to indicate that China had canceled the visit
deliberately to register its displeasure over U.S. actions, as it has
done occasionally with previous Hong Kong port calls.

China had later reversed its decision denying entry to the USS Kitty
Hawk and its escort vessels, but only after the strike group had
already left the area. The ships did not turn back to carry out the
planned Thanksgiving visit and continued to their home port in Japan.

"We have all along, on the principle of sovereignty, approved (port
calls) on a case by case basis. Out of humanitarian considerations, we
agreed to allow the strike group to make a port call," Liu said.

Beijing had earlier refused port entry for two U.S. Navy minesweepers
seeking to refuel and find shelter from an approaching storm. The U.S.
Defense Department said it was officially protesting the Chinese
moves.

Liu said "erroneous" actions of the U.S. had "disturbed and harmed"
relations.

He pointed to the U.S. Congress awarding its highest civilian honor to
the Dalai Lama last month. Though the Tibetan spiritual leader is
lauded in much of the world as a figure of moral authority, Beijing
demonizes the monk and claims he seeks to destroy China's sovereignty
by pushing for independence for Tibet.

Also hurting relations were arms sales to Taiwan, an island which
China regards as a renegade province, he said.

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCSTBtzohBVPzd_Y1o9Wp5Joaqiw
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