Guest post by Joe Hoft

Despite the fear mongering by the world’s Mainstream Media (MSM), China and US relations are thawing. US Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan’s port call in Hong Kong this weekend shows China is open to work with the US.

The media has Americans believing that the US and China are one step away from war but nothing could be further from the truth. Evidence of this is occurring in Hong Kong this weekend as the USS Ronald Reagan is allowed a port call in Hong Kong [emphasis added] –

The commander of a US Navy aircraft strike group said he was “not worried” about China’s naval build-up, despite an “aggressive” near miss between vessels from the two countries in the South China Sea two months ago. TRENDING: This Is America? Young Mother TASED, CUFFED AND ARRESTED for Not Wearing Face-Mask at Mostly Empty Stadium to Watch HS Football Game Rear Admiral Karl Thomas made the comments aboard the USS Ronald Reagan after it sailed into Hong Kong at the head of a strike group on Wednesday, following training exercises in the contested waters.

“Certainly I’m aware that other nations are also building their navies,” he said. “The good thing is that navies are able to operate around one another, it doesn’t really matter what is going on around the world, so [I’m] not worried. “Peace and that prosperity for this region, it’s really built on freedom of the seas, it’s really built on the ability to have open trade.” The US Navy’s port call comes as tensions between China and the United States are on the rise and after the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp was denied entry into Hong Kong waters in September. Analysts said the approval for the port call this week showed Beijing was trying to ease tensions before a high-stakes meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the G20 summit at the end of the month.

The US also is showing goodwill with China –