{"id":14696,"date":"2024-01-27T00:46:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T00:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/china-says-us-military-makes-region-more-dangerous-after-navy-ship-sails-through-taiwan-strait\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T00:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T00:46:12","slug":"china-says-us-military-makes-region-more-dangerous-after-navy-ship-sails-through-taiwan-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/china-says-us-military-makes-region-more-dangerous-after-navy-ship-sails-through-taiwan-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"China says US military makes region more dangerous after Navy ship sails through Taiwan Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China accused the United States military of \u201cabusing international law\u201d and continuing a pattern of \u201cdangerous provocations\u201d in East Asia Thursday, after a US Navy destroyer made the service\u2019s first transit of the Taiwan Strait of 2024. <\/p>\n

The movement on Wednesday of the USS John Finn through the waterway that separates democratically governed Taiwan from communist mainland China was also the first transit of a US warship through the strait since elections on the island two weeks ago. <\/p>\n

The vote gave Taiwan\u2019s ruling Democratic Progressive Party a historic third consecutive presidential victory, with the island\u2019s voters shrugging off warnings from Beijing that its reelection would increase the risk of conflict. <\/p>\n

China\u2019s ruling Communist Party views Taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it, and leader Xi Jinping has not ruled out the use of military force to \u201creunify\u201d the island with the mainland. <\/p>\n

The US meanwhile is obligated under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with the military means to defend itself, something Beijing regards as interference in its internal affairs. <\/p>\n

US Navy 7th Fleet spokesperson Cmdr. Meagan Greene said in a statement Wednesday that the transit of the USS John Finn through the strait was made \u201cin accordance with international law.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State. John\u00a0Finn\u2019s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States\u2019 commitment to upholding freedom of navigation for all nations as a principle,\u201d Greene said. <\/p>\n

While the John Finn\u2019s transit of the Taiwan Strait was the first of 2024, US warships and warplanes regularly travel through and over the waterway. In 2023, US Navy and Coast Guard ships and Navy reconnaissance planes made 11 transits of the strait, according to a database kept by Collin Koh, research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. <\/p>\n

On Thursday, China\u2019s Defense Ministry said Washington was courting danger with its military activities in the region, saying a change in behavior is \u201cneeded to avoid maritime and air accidents,\u201d according to the state-run Xinhua news agency\u2019s English-language website. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe root cause of the China-U.S. maritime and air security issues lies in the U.S. military\u2019s harassment and provocations on China\u2019s doorstep, engaging in prolonged, extensive and high-frequency activities in the maritime and aerial areas surrounding China,\u201d the Xinhua story said, citing Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe urged the U.S. side to stop abusing international law, cease all dangerous provocations, and strictly discipline its troops on the ground,\u201d the story said. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. John Aquilino, accused Beijing of ramping up tensions. <\/p>\n

Aquilino told a defense forum in Hawaii that he expected a show of force from China against Taiwan in the wake of the election result. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen something occurs that they don\u2019t like, they tend to take actions,\u201d Aquilino told the Pacific Forum\u2019s Operationalizing Integration in the Indo-Pacific conference\u00a0in Honolulu. <\/p>\n

Koh, the Singaporean analyst, said Beijing may be a bit \u201cmiffed\u201d at Washington at the moment, especially after agreeing to restart military-to-military talks in December. <\/p>\n

\u201cGiven that Beijing very likely believes that it extended the olive branch by agreeing to reopen military-to-military communications and other high-level exchanges, it might have perceived a lack of reciprocity from the US,\u201d Koh said. <\/p>\n\n

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