A video has gone viral on social media showing an imminent collision between Chinese and US Navy warships as the US took part in a joint exercise with the Canadian Navy in the Taiwan Strait.
This video has been released by a Canadian news agency. Global News Crew aboard the frigate HMCS Montreal. It was also criticized by the ship’s commander, Captain Paul Mountford, who called the Chinese ship “unprofessional”.
A few hours after the incident, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu accused the US and its allies of trying to destabilize the Indo-Pacific region.
During his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Li said the US was “instigating the bloc conflict for its own interests” and claimed that Washington and its allies were imposing their own rules to dominate the region. have been.
The Chinese minister also warned that any serious confrontation between the US and China would result in “unbearable disaster for the world”.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier warned at the same summit that a war against Taiwan would be “disastrous”.
Austin emphasized the potential and profound effects of war on the world economy in unimaginable ways.
Cheney Lee was also questioned about the incident, to which he condemned the presence of the US Navy in the strait, accusing it of creating chaos in the region.
“The US warships were not there for innocent passage but for provocation,” he remarked, adding that “if the US and other foreign powers want to avoid conflict, they should move their military assets closer to China.” Should avoid sending”.
In response to the incident, a spokesperson for the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command issued a statement, saying that Chinese forces have handled the situation in compliance with laws and regulations.
The spokesman accused the relevant countries of deliberately stirring up trouble and danger in the Taiwan Strait, undermining regional peace and stability, and sending false signals to “Taiwan Liberation” forces.