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Chinese military slams U.S. warship’s transit in Taiwan Straits
A Chinese military spokesperson condemned the United States for sending a warship and an oceanographic survey ship through the Taiwan Straits recently, saying its acts sent wrong signals and increased security risks.
Senior Colonel Li Xi, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), made the remarks on Wednesday.
The Eastern Theater Command of the PLA organized naval and air forces to track and monitor the ships in the whole course and effectively responded to and dealt with them, Li said.
Li added, the troops of the PLA Eastern Theater Command remain on high alert at all times to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security as well as regional peace and stability.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson and the Pathfinder-class survey ship USNS Bowditch sailed through the Taiwan Straits from February 10 to 12.
CGTN