{"id":11758,"date":"2021-09-27T13:40:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T05:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11758"},"modified":"2021-09-27T13:40:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T05:40:39","slug":"british-frigate-sails-through-the-sensitive-taiwan-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11758","title":{"rendered":"British frigate sails through the sensitive Taiwan Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEIJING, Sept 27 – A British frigate was sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Monday en route to Vietnam, according to an official tweet from the vessel, in a move likely to anger Beijing amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure to force the democratically ruled island to accept Chinese sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While U.S. warships pass through the strait on an almost monthly basis, despite Chinese opposition, U.S. allies have generally been reluctant to follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng did not comment directly when asked about the British warship, saying he did not know what missions foreign ships in the Taiwan Strait were carrying out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When they pass through the Taiwan Strait our nation’s military will have a grasp of the situation, but will not interfere,” he told reporters in Taipei, adding they keep a close watch on all movements near Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain’s HMS Richmond had been deployed in the East China Sea taking part in United Nations sanctions enforcement operations against North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China has been ramping up its exercises around Taiwan and flies air force aircraft almost daily into the southwestern part of Taiwan’s air defense zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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