US Navy port calls canceled in Hong Kong

Warships' visits untimely, would send wrong signal to protesters, experts say

Experts said requests for port visits in Hong Kong by the US Navy are untimely and inconvenient given the massive protests plaguing the special administrative region as violent radicals have intensified their attacks on police, obstructed public transport and commerce and threatened local residents' lives and properties.

The Chinese government has the right to review and approve foreign naval warships' port call requests on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the principles of national sovereignty and development of circumstances at the time, experts said.