US EditionChina tracks US warship as it crosses Taiwan Strait, calls transit ‘hyped’
- USS William P. Lawrence, a US guided missile destroyer, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on April 23.
- China claims sovereignty over the strait and Taiwan, asserting the waterway belongs to it.
- China's military dispatched naval and air forces to track the American warship during its passage.
- The Eastern Theatre Command called the transit an act of "public hyping".
- This event underscores ongoing tensions and conflicting perspectives on navigation rights in the strategic waterway.
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Tensions Rise as U.S. Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait
Tensions Rise as U.S. Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait China's military has claimed it monitored and warned a U.S. guided missile destroyer as it sailed through the contested Taiwan Strait. This marks the second mission of its kind since Donald Trump's presidency.The U.S. Navy regularly navigates this strategic waterway, often accompanied by allied vessels, as part of its commitment to uphold freedom of navigation under international law. I…
China tracks US warship as it crosses Taiwan Strait, calls transit ‘hyped’
The USS William P. Lawrence, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, April 23, in what the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command described as a routine operation conducted under international law, according to Newsweek. Private tracking platforms confirmed the warship’s route. Data showed the destroyer activated its Automatic Identification System, or AIS, at the start of the transit and turned it off near the en…
U.S. destroyer's passage through Taiwan Straits under surveillance of Chinese military, spokesperson says
A Chinese military spokesperson said on Thursday that the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army tracked and monitored the U.S. destroyer USS William P. Lawrence throughout its passage through the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday.Senior
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