{"id":363,"date":"2025-09-08T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:35:38","slug":"china-slams-canada-and-australia-over-taiwan-strait-warship-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/china-slams-canada-and-australia-over-taiwan-strait-warship-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"China slams Canada and Australia over Taiwan Strait warship transit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beijing has denounced the passage of the vessels, calling it a provocation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chinese military has condemned the passage of Canadian and Australian warships through the Taiwan Strait, calling it a provocation.<\/p>\n

China considers Taiwan – self-ruled since 1949 when nationalist forces retreated after losing the Chinese Civil War – as part of its territory under the One-China principle.<\/p>\n

It also claims the strait as its own. While neither Canada nor Australia formally recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state, many, including the US, Canada, the UK, France, and Australia, view the strait as an international channel and conduct regular transits.<\/p>\n

The Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec and the Australian destroyer HMAS Brisbane entered the strait early Saturday, a day after Beijing accused both nations of stoking tensions with military drills in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

China said its forces tracked and warned the vessels, describing the operation as “trouble-making and provocation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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“The actions of the Canadians and Australians send the wrong signals and increase security risks,”<\/em> the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

An Australian Defense Department spokesperson said Brisbane made a “routine transit”<\/em> with the Canadian ship from September 6 to 7. “Australian vessels and aircraft will continue to exercise freedom of navigation and uphold international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,”<\/em> the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

Canadian Joint Operations Command declined to comment on the transit, saying the Ville de Quebec was deployed on Operation Horizon, Canada’s Indo-Pacific mission aimed at promoting “peace and stability.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the frigate also joined what Canada and its partners described as freedom-of-navigation drills off the Philippines with Australia, the US, and local forces. Beijing rejected this, denouncing the exercise and accusing Manila of colluding with Western powers to undermine regional stability.<\/p>\n

The Taiwan Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes, remains a vital corridor for global trade and a flashpoint between China and Western navies. Earlier this year, another Canadian frigate, HMCS Montreal, also transited the strait in what Ottawa called a routine passage. The Chinese military at the time vowed to “resolutely take countermeasures against any threats or provocations.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beijing has denounced the passage of the vessels, calling it a provocation The Chinese military has condemned the passage of Canadian and Australian warships through the Taiwan Strait, calling it a provocation. China considers Taiwan – self-ruled since 1949 when nationalist forces retreated after losing the Chinese Civil War –…<\/p>\n

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