China officially has been beached.

The Islanders' scheduled training-camp trip to China this fall was scrapped in late May after planning snags surfaced regarding NHL and union procedural requirements, according to Newsday.

The nine-day, four-city trek initially was approved both by the league and the NHLPA, but union officials reportedly hoped to send representatives ahead to China beforehand to ensure all facilities met league standards. But Newsday reported that Islanders owner and Charles Wang, who was born in China, objected to that request because he was concerned that might cause problems with Chinese officials.

"It's disappointing," Islanders GM Garth Snow said in the report.

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