{"id":27537,"date":"2021-11-23T11:29:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T11:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/23\/china-protests-passage-of-us-destroyer-through-taiwan-strait\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:27:32","slug":"china-protests-passage-of-us-destroyer-through-taiwan-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/11\/23\/china-protests-passage-of-us-destroyer-through-taiwan-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"China protests passage of US destroyer through Taiwan Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China on Tuesday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2021\/10\/26\/us-china-sparring-over-taiwan-heats-up-anew\/\" target=\"_blank\"> protested the passage of a U.S. Navy destroyer through the Taiwan Strait<\/a>, calling it a deliberate move to undermine stability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy said in a statement the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Milius \u201cconducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit\u201d on Tuesday \u201cin accordance with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the ship\u2019s transit through the strait \u201cdemonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,\u201d said the statement posted on the website of the 7th Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/02\/what-war-with-china-could-look-like\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635774999538290744-mar-2015-dawn-blitz-5jpg.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\">What war with China could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A host of scenarios could push China and the United States into some kind of conflict.<\/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\">Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said U.S. warships have been \u201cflexing muscle and stirring up trouble in the Taiwan Strait repeatedly in the name of freedom of navigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not a commitment to freedom and openness, but a deliberate attempt to disrupt and undermine regional peace and stability,\u201d Zhao told reporters at a daily news briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Navy ships routinely transit the Taiwan Strait, which lies in international waters and is a main conduit between the South China Sea and northern waters used by China, Japan, South Korea and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/03\/chinas-march-toward-a-world-class-military-and-how-it-threatens-taiwan\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AfghanChinaDrills.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\u2019s march toward a \u2018world-class\u2019 military, and how it threatens Taiwan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The annual &quot;China Power Report&quot; points to using force against Taiwan as a motivation for military modernization.<\/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\">Beijing\u2019s protest follows Taiwan\u2019s introduction of upgraded F-16V fighter jets into its air force to help counter the threat from the increasing number of incursions by Chinese warplanes into the airspace around the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China claims the self-ruling island of Taiwan as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. 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