HONG KONG/BEIJING—China has denied a request for a U.S. warship to visit Hong Kong, the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city said on Sept. 25, amid rising tension between Beijing and Washington over trade and a U.S. decision to sanction the Asian nation’s military.
The amphibious assault ship Wasp had been due to make a port call in the former British colony of Hong Kong in October, diplomatic sources said.
