{"id":44754,"date":"2022-09-21T18:45:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/21\/uss-higgins-canadian-ship-transit-taiwan-strait-amid-china-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:55:45","slug":"uss-higgins-canadian-ship-transit-taiwan-strait-amid-china-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/09\/21\/uss-higgins-canadian-ship-transit-taiwan-strait-amid-china-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Higgins, Canadian ship transit Taiwan Strait amid China tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 China toned down its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/religion-government-and-politics-china-california-dadf001a4bf302b2b7bc82717aaa9af1\" target=\"_blank\">rhetoric on Taiwan<\/a>&nbsp;on Wednesday, saying it is inevitable that the self-governing island will come under its control but that it would promote efforts to achieve that peacefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments followed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-biden-china-nancy-pelosi-government-and-politics-abe8b7b0c6600e5fa869effae0d76ef2\">recent remarks<\/a>&nbsp;by President Joe Biden that the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China were to invade and came a day after U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They don\u2019t appear to signal a change in policy as much as a broader attempt to calm the waters on multiple fronts in the runup to a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would like to reiterate that \u2026 we are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and utmost efforts,\u201d Ma Xiaoguang, the government spokesperson on Taiwan, said when asked about growing concern that China might resort to force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s military, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/08\/28\/two-navy-ships-transit-taiwan-strait-first-since-pelosi-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">for the second time in recent weeks<\/a>, noted the sailing of a U.S. warship through the Taiwan Strait without calling it provocative, as it had done earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese forces monitored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/29\/the-us-navy-just-sailed-through-chinese-claimed-waters-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">guided missile destroyer Higgins<\/a> and a Canadian frigate, the HMCS Vancouver, spokesperson Col. 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