By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 05:39:06 | Updated at 2024-09-30 23:40:57
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China on 'high alert' after Japan warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Channel News Asia ^ | 26 Sep 2024
Posted on 09/26/2024 10:22:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
China's military was on "high alert" on Thursday (Sep 26) and Beijing said it had lodged a complaint with Tokyo after a Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time.
Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the reports at a regular briefing because they concerned military operations. But Beijing confirmed its military had responded to "the activities of a Japanese Self-Defence Force ship entering the Taiwan Strait".
"China is highly vigilant about the political intentions of Japan's actions and has lodged stern representations with Japan," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said.
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TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: internationalwaters
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1 posted on 09/26/2024 10:22:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Political implications perhaps being that Japan intends to perform self defense at long range?
2 posted on 09/26/2024 10:25:04 PM PDT by jimtorr
To: nickcarraway
Last week, China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, accompanied by two destroyers.
The ships entered Japan's contiguous zone -- an area up to 24 nautical miles from the country's coast -- Tokyo said, calling the incident "totally unacceptable". China said it had complied with international law.
3 posted on 09/26/2024 10:28:21 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind.)
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