The United States and Canada have given China a new headache

United States and China / Photo: Profimedia

The Chinese military is criticizing them today САД and Canada for sending their warships across the Taiwan Strait last week, saying it threatens peace and stability in the region.  

The U.S. military says its missile destroyer, the USS Devi, crossed the strait between China and Taiwan on Thursday and Friday with the Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg. writes Reuters.  

"The crossing of Devi and Winnipeg across the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the commitment of the United States and our allies and partners to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the US military added.

US Navy / Photo EPA / MCSN Cheng S. Yang / HANDOUT

The United States and Canada are creating new problems 

The Chinese People's Liberation Army said it was constantly monitoring the ships and was "on guard" as they passed.  

"The United States and Canada have come together to create and create new problems, seriously threatening the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait," the Chinese military said in a statement.  

China is adamant that Taiwan is part of Chinese territory, that it is always on the alert in that area, and that it will "resist all threats and provocations."  

Chinese Army Exercise / Photo: EPA-EFE / MAXIM SHIPENKOV

Rage in Beijing 

American ships cross the strait every month, sparking outrage in Beijing. Sometimes American allies do the same as the British.

China considers Taiwan its territory as a democracy and several times last year entered the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) with its air force, which angered Taipei.

In the four-day period from October 1, China sent 150 aircraft to the zone. 

Although tensions are rising between the two capitals, no bullets have been fired so far, and Chinese planes have not entered Taiwan's airspace but are operating in southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ, which includes a wider area controlled by Taiwan.

Taiwan, a former Japanese colony, was taken over by Chinese nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek in 1949 after the defeat of Mao Zedong's communists in central China. 

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