{"id":13737,"date":"2020-12-21T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/21\/us-warship-transits-taiwan-strait-prompting-outcry-from-beijing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:03:13","slug":"us-warship-transits-taiwan-strait-prompting-outcry-from-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/12\/21\/us-warship-transits-taiwan-strait-prompting-outcry-from-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"US warship transits Taiwan Strait, prompting outcry from Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. guided-missile destroyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c7f.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/Display\/Article\/2452778\/uss-mustin-conducts-taiwan-strait-transit\/\" target=_blank>Mustin<\/a> transited through the Taiwan Strait Saturday, sparking outrage from Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warship\u2019s move was done \u201cin accordance with international law,\u201d according to a statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c7f.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/Display\/Article\/2452778\/uss-mustin-conducts-taiwan-strait-transit\/\" target=_blank>U.S. 7th Fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such trips are regularly conducted in the strait to signal support for Taiwan, which Beijing contends is rightfully part of mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transits also reinforce the fact that such waters are international.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ship\u2019s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d 7th Fleet said. \u201cThe United States military will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/20\/china-monitored-us-warship-during-taiwan-strait-transit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shiloh-Taiwan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China monitored US warship during Taiwan Strait transit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Another busy week in the western waters of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after Saturday\u2019s transit, the Chinese military accused the United States of endangering stability with the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have deliberately raised the heat of the Taiwan issue \u2026 (and) sent flirtatious glances to Taiwan\u2019s independence forces, severely jeopardizing peace and stability,\u201d People\u2019s Liberation Army spokesman Zhang Chunhui was quoted as saying by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3114690\/china-us-ties-american-warship-jeopardised-stability-taiwan\" target=_blank>South China Morning Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zhang said that the Chinese air force and navy tracked the Mustin, and that the United States was trying to leverage Taiwan \u201cas a pawn for its own selfish strategic purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Stilwell, the State Department\u2019s top East Asia diplomat, told a Heritage Foundation forum this summer that Beijing was an increasing threat to regional stability, and that China was trying to threaten Taipei militarily and isolate the island diplomatically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-taiwan-dialogue\/u-s-increases-support-for-taiwan-says-to-counter-rising-china-pressure-idUSKBN25R2WJ\" target=_blank>Reuters reported<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to help Taipei resist the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s campaign to pressure, intimidate and marginalize Taiwan,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-taiwan-dialogue\/u-s-increases-support-for-taiwan-says-to-counter-rising-china-pressure-idUSKBN25R2WJ\" target=_blank>Reuters quoted <\/a>Stilwell as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese military accused the United States of sending &#8220;flirtatious glances&#8221; toward the 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