"The Chinese Government denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong by the USS Green Bay and USS Lake Erie, which were scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks," Cmdr. Nate Christensen, the deputy spokesman for the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, told CNN in a statement on Tuesday.
“UHulumeni Wase-China uphike izicelo zokuvakashela ogwini e-Hong Kong i- USS Green Bay ne-USS Lake Erie, ababehlelelwe ukufika emavikini alandelayo ambalwa," u-Cmdr. Nate Christensen, oyisekela likasomlomo we-US Navy's Pacific Fleet, watshela i-CNN esitatimendeni ngoLwesibili.