A chinese warship came within 150 yards of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in 'an unsafe manner,' as China blamed the United States for 'deliberately provoking risk', Reuters reported.
US and Canadian navies were conducting a joint exercise in the strait, which separates the island of Taiwan and China, when the Chinese ship cut in front of the US guided missile destroyer Chung-Hoon forcing it to slow down to avoid a collision, the US Indo-Pacific Command said.
The Chinese warship, identified by the US Indo-Pacific Command as PRC LY 132, shown crossing the bow US Navy destroyer USS Chung-Hoon as it was transiting the Taiwan Strait with the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal in a still from video.
Taiwan's government says the PRC has never ruled the island and US President Joe Biden has said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
China's military rebuked the United States and Canada for 'deliberately provoking risk' after the countries'navies staged a rare joint sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
The US Navy's 7th Fleet said the Chung-Hoon and Canada's Montreal conducted a routine transit of the strait on Saturday.
Chinese state-owned Global Times accused the Canadian media of 'hyping up' a People's Liberation Army (PLA) warship manoeuvre that reportedly 'almost caused a crash' in controversial waters near Taiwan.
'Relevant countries are deliberately stirring up trouble and risks in the Taiwan Strait, maliciously undermining regional peace and stability and sending wrong signals to the Taiwan independence forces,' PLA Eastern Theatre Command Senior Colonel Shi Yi was quoted as saying.
As the two warships sailed across the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the theatre command's forces surveilled and sent warnings in a 'lawful manner', Col Shi said.
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US and Canadian navies were conducting a joint exercise in the strait, which separates the island of Taiwan and China, when the Chinese ship cut in front of the US guided missile destroyer Chung-Hoon forcing it to slow down to avoid a collision, the US Indo-Pacific Command said.
The Chinese warship, identified by the US Indo-Pacific Command as PRC LY 132, shown crossing the bow US Navy destroyer USS Chung-Hoon as it was transiting the Taiwan Strait with the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal in a still from video.
Taiwan's government says the PRC has never ruled the island and US President Joe Biden has said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
China's military rebuked the United States and Canada for 'deliberately provoking risk' after the countries'navies staged a rare joint sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
The US Navy's 7th Fleet said the Chung-Hoon and Canada's Montreal conducted a routine transit of the strait on Saturday.
Chinese state-owned Global Times accused the Canadian media of 'hyping up' a People's Liberation Army (PLA) warship manoeuvre that reportedly 'almost caused a crash' in controversial waters near Taiwan.
'Relevant countries are deliberately stirring up trouble and risks in the Taiwan Strait, maliciously undermining regional peace and stability and sending wrong signals to the Taiwan independence forces,' PLA Eastern Theatre Command Senior Colonel Shi Yi was quoted as saying.
As the two warships sailed across the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the theatre command's forces surveilled and sent warnings in a 'lawful manner', Col Shi said.
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