{"id":41808,"date":"2018-07-09T23:13:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/09\/china-newspaper-denounces-us-navy-ships-taiwan-strait-passage\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:39:05","slug":"china-newspaper-denounces-us-navy-ships-taiwan-strait-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/09\/china-newspaper-denounces-us-navy-ships-taiwan-strait-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"China newspaper denounces US Navy ships\u2019 Taiwan Strait passage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 A ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper on Monday denounced the passage of a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/07\/07\/us-navy-destroyers-make-a-rare-passage-through-the-taiwan-strait\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait<\/a> as a \u201cpsychological game,\u201d as the two sides square off over trade and relations with self-governing Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Global Times said in an editorial that the U.S. was adding to tensions by sailing the Japan-based guided missile destroyers USS Mustin and USS Benfold through the 160-kilometer-wide (100-mile-wide) strait that divides Taiwan from mainland China.<\/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\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/03\/at-security-forum-mattis-warns-china-over-militarization-of-south-china-sea\/\" 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\/AP18153037455729.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\">At security forum, Mattis warns China over \u2018militarization\u2019 of South China Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday raised the prospect of additional American steps against China if its \u201cmilitarization\u201d of the South China Sea keeps apace. He said Beijing was intimidating and coercing others in the region by putting weapons systems on manmade islands.<\/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\">Though such missions are not uncommon, both Taiwan and the U.S. made unusual public confirmations of the ships\u2019 passage over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington is \u201csending political signals by sending warships through the Taiwan Strait,\u201d said the Global Times editorial, headline \u201cU.S. psychological game in Taiwan Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a daily briefing Monday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China had \u201cplayed close attention to\u201d the passage of the ships, but declined to connect the incident to other issues affecting relations between Beijing and Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33200012111_8cef0d1af0_k.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33200012111_8cef0d1af0_k.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33200012111_8cef0d1af0_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33200012111_8cef0d1af0_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33200012111_8cef0d1af0_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A medium-long range surface-to-air missile launches from the missile deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during MultiSail17 on March 7, 2017, in the Pacific. (MC3 Christopher A. Veloicaza\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory to be conquered by force if necessary, has criticized recent U.S. moves to strengthen relations with the administration of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Those include the opening of a new office complex for the American Institute in Taiwan, which operates as Washington\u2019s de facto embassy on the island in the absence of formal diplomatic ties that were cut when the U.S. switched recognition to China in 1949.<\/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\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/24\/pentagon-chief-to-visit-china-amid-south-china-sea-tensions\/\" 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\/AP18174250048213.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\">Pentagon chief to visit China amid South China Sea tensions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of \u201cintimidation and coercion\u201d in the South China Sea, visits Beijing this week as the countries increasingly spar over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing\u2019s expanding military presence overseas.<\/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\">The U.S. Congress recently passed a law encouraging higher-level government contacts between the sides and closer cooperation between their militaries is also being emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such developments come amid rising frictions over what the U.S. considers unfair trading practices by China, the world\u2019s second-largest economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration of President Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tax on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports on Friday. 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