Beijing Warns Latest Navy Transit of Taiwan Strait Raises ‘Risks’ in Region

Newsweek, 25 Feb

25 February 2021

This article also appeared in MSN Singapore and MSN NZ

The Chinese military on Thursday protested the US Navy’s latest passage through the Taiwan Strait, saying the appearance of another American warship was raising “risks” in the region. “The U.S. Navy has made such transits through the Taiwan Strait routinely in the past, for decades without necessarily announcing them,” said Singapore-based analyst Dr Collin Koh, who has been logging similar reports and other freedom of navigation operations—or FONOPs—conducted by the US. The maritime security specialist at the RSIS told Newsweek it would make “little practical sense” for US vessels to take a more convoluted route around eastern Taiwan—a manoeuvre that would cost both time and fuel.

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