Chinese officials have mounted repeated air force missions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the past two years, provoking anger in Taipei. Last year, US naval ships sailed through the Strait about once a month but Saturday’s transit was the first since November.Ĭhina claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Taiwan’s defense officials said that its forces had monitored its passage and saw nothing unusual. Taiwan is currently on edge due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, worried that China may try to take advantage of the situation and pounce on the island.īeijing considers Taiwan the most sensitive and important issue in its relations with Washington. Taiwan’s defense officials said the ship sailed north through the Strait, that its forces had monitored its passage and saw nothing unusual. “The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows.”īut a spokesman for the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army called the warship’s voyage through the strait a “provocative act.” “The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” 7th Fleet spokesperson Nicholas Lingo said. In response, US Navy officials insisted the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson was conducting a “routine” transit through international waters, Reuters reported Saturday. Russian invasion exposes US weakness, green lights Red ChinaĬhina accused the US of a “provocative” action after a US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait Saturday – as all three countries remain on heightened alert because of the war in Ukraine. ‘It means the end of Putin’: Former NATO commander Wesley Clark explains Ukraine war
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