Yes, a very strange headline, but we’re accustomed to reading between the lines at Chimerica War and here’s what we make of the latest US Navy visits to Hong Kong.
First though a little perspective. It is certainly true that the US Navy makes many port calls to Hong Kong every year and there are many local businesses that are very dependent upon the ships, whether in selling trips, souvenirs, restaurants or providing huge quantities of provisions, but despite this these trips don’t always go like clock work. As was demonstrated so well by the USS Kitty Hawk debacle in 2007. Plus, every time the US and China fall out military exchanges are the first to go and this includes port visits in Hong Kong, leaving heaps of local businesses high and dry.
So even though these trips can be perceived as standard and run of the mill they can also take on immense significance and this has never been more so than in the last couple of weeks with the CCP openly using the US Navy as a tool in its own propaganda campaign.
Doesn’t make sense? Well read on
First though a little perspective. It is certainly true that the US Navy makes many port calls to Hong Kong every year and there are many local businesses that are very dependent upon the ships, whether in selling trips, souvenirs, restaurants or providing huge quantities of provisions, but despite this these trips don’t always go like clock work. As was demonstrated so well by the USS Kitty Hawk debacle in 2007. Plus, every time the US and China fall out military exchanges are the first to go and this includes port visits in Hong Kong, leaving heaps of local businesses high and dry.
So even though these trips can be perceived as standard and run of the mill they can also take on immense significance and this has never been more so than in the last couple of weeks with the CCP openly using the US Navy as a tool in its own propaganda campaign.
Doesn’t make sense? Well read on
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