At 23:00 on the evening of January 24, 2024, the Eastern Theater of the People's Liberation Army issued an authoritative announcement: On January 24, the destroyer USS Finn sailed through the Taiwan Strait and publicly hyped it, and the Eastern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized troops to follow the supervision and vigilance of the entire process of the US ship's transit operation, and dealt with it in accordance with laws and regulations! At the same time, the Eastern Theater of Operations stressed in its announcement that the US military has frequently carried out provocative acts in recent times, maliciously undermining regional peace and stability. The troops in the theater are on high alert at all times and resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and regional peace and stability.
Authoritative announcement of the Eastern Theater of Operations.
There is no doubt that this is yet another provocation by the United States against our country! According to the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Taiwan Strait is not international waters, part of the sea area of the Taiwan Strait is China's territorial waters, and the other part is China's exclusive maritime economic zone, and China enjoys sovereignty and jurisdiction over the entire Taiwan Strait! However, the Taiwan Strait has always been unimpeded, and even if a foreign warship passes through the Taiwan Strait, as long as it applies to China in advance and does not make provocative moves during the passage, it can pass through the Taiwan Strait normally.
The destroyer "Finn" passing through the strait.
However, when the US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, it was obviously not a "normal passage," but a very strong provocation! First, it can be seen from the authoritative announcement issued by the Eastern Theater that the US warship did not apply to China for its passage through the Taiwan Strait, which is an illegal intrusion, and the US military has openly hyped up the passage through the Taiwan Strait in an attempt to create a momentum in the international arena.
Second, the destroyer "Finn" made an extremely unfriendly move during its voyage through the Taiwan Strait, and it can be seen from the relevant ** issued by the US military and the sailing route of the destroyer "Finn" from north to south that the Mk-38 type 25-meter auxiliary gun carried by the destroyer "Finn" when it sailed through the Taiwan Strait pointed to the mainland side, and the main gun was raised and was in a state of launch, which did not conform to the criterion of "innocent passage" of the ship at all, but put on a fighting posture during the passage through the Taiwan Strait!
It is worth noting that on the day the destroyer USS Finn sailed through the Taiwan Strait, five US congressmen arrived on the island of Taiwan to start a three-day visit; at this juncture, the destroyer USS Finn sailed through the Taiwan Strait without permission in an extremely provocative posture, and its purpose may be twofold: one is to show armed solidarity with the US congressman's visit to Taiwan, and the other is to sail through the Taiwan Strait at the end of Taiwan Province's first voyage in an attempt to "support the Taiwan Strait and undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait!" No matter what the purpose of the US warship's passage through the Taiwan Strait is, it is undoubtedly a serious provocation against China.
In 2021, the destroyer USS Finn took off while sailing through the Taiwan Strait
On June 3, 2023, the US Navy destroyer "Zhong Yun" intruded into the Taiwan Strait without permission and publicly hyped it, when the "Zhong Yun" destroyer was strongly intercepted by the Chinese Navy's "Suzhou" ship, and the "Suzhou" ship directly cut into the forward course of the "Zhong Yun" in the process of interception and dispersion, forcing the "Zhong Yun" to change its course.
Footage of the Suzhou ship intercepting the US ship.
The USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group has now entered the western Pacific, and before that, two aircraft carriers have been deployed in the western Pacific, that is to say, the US Navy has already assembled three aircraft carrier battle groups in the western Pacific, and it may have seen that the large army has been assembled, so the US Navy has begun to get carried away, so it dares to let "Finn The destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a very provocative manner.
At the same time, we can see that although the White House of the United States expressed "no support" at the first time after the end of China's Taiwan Province, on the other hand, American congressmen visited Taiwan, and dispatched destroyers to sail through the Taiwan Strait and hyped up, which is enough to show that the United States is saying one thing and doing another on the Taiwan Strait issue, shouting that it does not support "**, but in private, it continues to equip Taiwan Province, constantly strengthen military ties with Taiwan Province, and visit each other! Therefore, there is no hope that the United States will not support the United States at all, both in words and deeds, that "it will not do anything that is detrimental to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and detrimental to China's territorial integrity!"
The J-7 is a good anti-aircraft carrier in the middle and near seas.
In addition, we should also note that the US congressman's vicious visit to Taiwan and the US warship's provocative passage through the Taiwan Strait were launched on the same day, and the US military is increasing its troops too much to the west, including three aircraft carrier battle groups have already assembled in the western Pacific.
Of course, China's attitude toward the Taiwan issue is very clear, that is, we will not give up the option of military reunification, but we will also do our utmost to achieve peaceful reunification! At present, we have the absolute initiative on the Taiwan Strait issue, and the choice between peaceful and military reunification is in our hands. What we can believe, however, is that once that handful of people on the island touch our bottom line and do something that directly challenges the "one-China" principle, the PLA will certainly completely realize the reunification of the motherland with a thunderous force, and if the United States dares to intervene by force, then the US military will certainly have no return!