PLA opposes US decision to send warship through Taiwan Straits

PHOTO XINHUA The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command resolutely opposed the United States' decision to send a warship through the Taiwan Straits on Tuesday, saying such an operation deliberately undermined peace and stability in the region.

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According to the US Navy, the US Navy said on Tuesday that the USS Sampson, a guided missile destroyer, conducted a transit through the Taiwan Straits. Senior Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the theater command, said in a statement on Wednesday that the PLA had dispatched forces to follow and monitor the voyage.

Shi said the US has routinely carried out acts of provocation to send the wrong signal to Taiwan separatist forces. These actions have deliberately undermined the peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits. He said that we firmly oppose it.

He stated that the theater command would maintain high alert and adamantly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.