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He Chinese Army announced on Thursday that it “is on alert” and officially protested to the Tokyo government, after A Japanese warship will sail through the Taiwan Strait.
The information was revealed on Thursday by Japanese media, but Japanese government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on it, arguing that These are military operations.
China said it responded to “the activities of a Japanese self-defense force ship that entered the Taiwan Strait. “China is very attentive to Japan’s political intentions and has expressed a firm protest to Japan,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference.
US and Canadian warships have repeatedly crossed the Taiwan Strait in recent months, prompting the Chinese military to declare a “state of alert.”
China’s positioning:
#FMsays China is highly vigilant on Japan’s political intention behind its warship sailing through the #Taiwan Strait for the first time and has protested to the Japanese side, FM spokesperson Lin Jian said, urging Tokyo to refrain from disrupting its relations with China and… pic.twitter.com/QIGWqd2WjP
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) September 26, 2024
Two military vessels from New Zealand and Australia They also crossed this passage on Wednesday, the first time in seven years for a New Zealand ship, in order to assert the “right to freedom of navigation,” a spokesman for the New Zealand Ministry of Defense announced Thursday. AFP.
He said the mission was not carried out jointly with Japan.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense confirmed on Thursday that these three countries carried out “a transit operation through the Taiwan Strait. “These operations threaten China’s sovereignty and security,” said spokesman Zhang Xiaogang, adding that “the Chinese military remains on high alert and will take all necessary measures to counter these threats and provocations.”
In response to “foreign warships crossing the Taiwan Strait,” the Foreign Ministry said that China remains “very vigilant against any action that could threaten China’s sovereignty.”
The Japanese warship’s maneuver occurs a week after the unprecedented passage of a Chinese aircraft carrier between two Japanese islands.
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