[국제]US warship passing by means of the Taiwan Strait towards China mocking “old ship about to retreat”

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A US warship sailed via the Taiwan Strait, as anticipated, amid mounting military tensions following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s pay a visit to to Taiwan.

The Chinese navy protested, declaring it could thwart any provocation, and netizens ridiculed the US warship as the aged-fashioned grandfather’s ship.

There is reported to be a track record to this style of response in China.

I am Beijing correspondent Kang Jeong-gyu.

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Two US Navy cruisers loaded with floor-to-area cruise missiles passed smoothly by way of the Taiwan Strait.

This is Operation Liberty of Navigation versus China’s containment drills immediately after Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

It is also the reply to the entire neutralization of the center line in the Taiwan Strait.

[존 커비 / 美 백악관 국가안보회의 전략 소통 조정관 (지난 4일) : 우리는 서태평양의 해상과 상공에서 작전을 중단하지 않을 것이며, 이것은 수십 년 동안 국제법에 부합합니다.]

The Chinese Army’s Eastern Theater, which has Taiwan as its operational zone, has noticed every move of US warships and pressured that it is completely ready to counter any provocation at any time.

Chinese netizens shared a map of the circulation of ships in the Taiwan Strait, sarcastic about the word “flexibility of navigation”.

He also ridiculed the actuality that he allegedly sank although trying to deterrence a ship comparable to that of a merchant ship, which is about to be retired following calendar year.

China’s response to this simply cannot be dismissed as a mere “religious victory”.

In truth, it is stated to have surpassed the United States in range of warships, this kind of as making six destroyers at the exact same time.

The approach is to safe six aircraft carriers by 2035 to comprehensive a fashionable ocean-heading navy.

[중국 관영 CCTV (지난 6월) : 중앙군사위의 비준을 거쳐 세 번째 항공모함의 이름은 중국 인민해방군 해군 푸젠함으로 정해졌습니다.]

A training video clip of the aircraft carrier squadron, which is rather inferior to the US military services, was also recently unveiled.

It displays confidence that the United States will no more time be pushed by drive and is a warning that the ever more intense competition for hegemony between the United States and China could escalate into an armed conflict.

My identify is Jeonggyu Kang from YTN in Beijing.

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