{"id":40444,"date":"2022-03-01T22:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/01\/destroyer-ralph-johnson-steams-through-taiwan-strait-china-calls-it-provocative\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:03:37","slug":"destroyer-ralph-johnson-steams-through-taiwan-strait-china-calls-it-provocative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/03\/01\/destroyer-ralph-johnson-steams-through-taiwan-strait-china-calls-it-provocative\/","title":{"rendered":"Destroyer Ralph Johnson steams through Taiwan Strait; China calls it \u2018provocative\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guided-missile destroyer Ralph Johnson conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait Saturday \u2014 a move the Chinese government labeled \u201cprovocative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The destroyer, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/09\/17\/these-warships-are-leaving-japan-after-more-than-two-decades-overseas\/\" target=\"_blank\">changed homeports<\/a> from Everett, Washington, to Yokosuka, Japa,n in October, completed the transit in accordance with international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ship is transiting through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c7f.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/Display\/Article\/2947525\/7th-fleet-destroyer-transits-taiwan-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 7th Fleet said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe ship\u2019s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States\u2019 commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <i>People\u2019s Daily Online<\/i>, a state-run Chinese news outlet, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.people.cn\/n3\/2022\/0228\/c90000-9963415.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army characterized<\/a> the transit as \u201cprovocative\u201d and said it \u201caims to embolden Taiwan separatist forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <i>People\u2019s Daily Online <\/i>story cited People\u2019s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command spokesperson Sr. Col. Shi Yi, who described the transit as \u201chypocritical and futile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments come days following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/02\/27\/russian-troops-enter-ukraines-2nd-largest-city-of-kharkiv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/19\/china-protests-latest-passage-of-us-navy-ship-through-taiwan-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\">responded similarly<\/a> to previous transits of U.S. warships through the Taiwan Strait. 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