From BBC News:
The US Navy says Chinese approval for its vessels to enter Hong Kong for the Thanksgiving holiday has come too late.
The navy said the ships had already left the area, after China initially refused their request to dock.
China later said it would allow the flotilla to dock in the harbour for “humanitarian” reasons.
About 8,000 personnel on the USS Kitty Hawk and other vessels had expected to go ashore, but instead have spent most of Thanksgiving on the South China Sea. [Full Text]
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[Image: The USS Kitty Hawk, based in Japan, will be decommissioned in 2008, from wikipedia and VOA]
