A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday a week after Beijing announced its coast guard dispatched a large ship to inspect vessels in the disputed waterway.
The destroyer operation also came a week after China’s military held three days of large-scale military war games around Taiwan that state media described as practice for a future military operation against the democratic-ruled island state.
China in June 2022 declared the Taiwan Strait to be its territorial waters, a claim rejected by the State Department. The U.S. considers the strait constitutes international waters despite the Chinese announcement. China has kept up the military pressure on Taiwan even after the drills — held in the wake of a meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — were concluded. Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday that 18 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels had been spotted operating around Taiwan over the previous 24-hour period.
Military analysts said the Haixun operations were the latest action by China in seeking to coerce and intimidate Taiwan. According to the analysts, inspecting routes in the strait involves questioning all craft encountered about their activities, cargo, destinations and concerns, although it stops short of actual boarding.
Gen. Li was targeted for U.S. sanctions in 2018 for his role in transactions with Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, including Moscow’s delivery to China of Su-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in 2018.
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