The US warship application to visit Qingdao was rejected ＂normal measures＂

After being refused to visit Hong Kong on the 13th of this month, the Green Bay crossed the Taiwan Strait about 10 days later.(US Navy)

(Hong Kong / Washington Comprehensive) After rejecting two U.S. warships to visit Hong Kong, Chinese officials once again rejected another US warship to stop at the port of Qingdao, Shandong.

As Sino -US relations are tightly storm in trade frictions and Hong Kong amendments, sources revealed to Reuters the day before yesterday that Chinese officials have recently rejected an application for an American destroyer.Qingdao Port.This is the second time that Chinese officials have rejected US warships to visit China Port within a month.

Renn Momsen, a seventh fleet spokesman for the United States, confirmed the news through emails.According to the South China Morning Post, Monsen refused to disclose the name and rejection of the relevant destroyer, saying that the relevant issues should consult the Beijing side.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press conference yesterday that he did not understand the relevant situation and suggested asking to ask the Ministry of Defense of China, but the Ministry of National Defense did not respond before the deadline.

A source close to the Chinese Navy believes that this rejection is based on normal measures under the current Sino -US relations.

Liu Weidong, a researcher at the American Institute of Chinese Social Sciences, said that it is meaningless to visit China.He said: The United States is now very provocative hell; hellip; so China does not want to welcome US warships (visits).

China refused to visit Hong Kong on the 13th of this month to visit Hong Kong.Green Bay is planned to stop in Hong Kong on the 17th of this month, while the Lake Yili is planned to stop in September.

It is worth noting that after being refused to visit Hong Kong, the Single Ship of the Green Bay crossed the Taiwan Strait from south to north on the 23rd of this month.

Reuters quoted anonymous U.S. officials, saying that American warships occasionally visit mainland China, and the last time was in 2017.The last time the U.S. ship visited Qingdao Port was in 2016, when the destroyer was visited.