You Can't Make This Crap Up: China wants Greater Access to our Aircraft Carriers ..

USS George Washington

.. Probably to let them know what's Lacking in Theirs.

This idea is so bad, that I'm sure Obama will think it's wonderful:

China is seeking greater access to U.S. aircraft carriers and guidance on how to operate its own first carrier, the Liaoning, testing the limits of a newly cooperative military relationship the two sides have tried to cultivate in the past year.

The latest Chinese request came last week when U.S. Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, visited China to explore new areas of cooperation, despite recent maritime tensions and the presence of an uninvited Chinese spy ship at naval drills off Hawaii.

China's first aircraft carrier, built on a hull bought from

Ukraine, is seen docked at Dalian Port, Liaoning province

China's navy chief, Adm. Wu Shengli, suggested the U.S. should bring the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier based in Japan, to a mainland Chinese port and allow the crew of the Liaoning to take a tour, according to Adm. Greenert.

"Admiral Wu wants to work on that," Adm. Greenert told The Wall Street Journal in an interview at the end of his trip, which included a tour of the Liaoning.

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert,

right, speaks with China's Navy Commander-in-Chief

Adm. Wu Shengli

"He'd like his crew to get a tour of the George Washington and have the George Washington crew, a gaggle of them, come to the Liaoning," he said. "I'm receptive to that idea."

A U.S. carrier's visit to China—possibly Shanghai—could happen within a year if Adm. Wu formally proposed it and won support for the idea from policy makers on both sides, he said.

China's defense ministry didn't respond to a request for comment.

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