Chinese Army Says US ‘Made a Fuss’ by Sending Warship to Pass Through Taiwan Strait
As sailors stand at attention, the USS Chung-Hoon sails past the USS Arizona Memorial during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base which pulled the US into a war with Japan. 
BEIJING (Sputnik) – A US destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait put China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on high alert amid local tensions, with the Chinese military monitoring the ship’s movements along the entire route, a PLA spokesperson said on Friday. On Thursday, US guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon transited through the neutral waters of the Taiwan Strait in a demonstration of the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. “USS Chung-Hoon passed through the Taiwan Strait on January 5 and made a fuss,” PLA Eastern Theater Command spokesperson Shi Yi said on social media. China’s armed forces monitored the passage of the US destroyer along its entire route, making sure all of its movements were under control, the statement read. 
MilitaryChinese Foreign Ministry Urges US to Stop Arms Sales to Taiwan30 December 2022, 13:19 GMTTaiwan and China have been at odds since the end of a civil war in 1949. Beijing has insisted that other countries should respect the one-China principle after a visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei in August 2022 unleashed a wave of political pilgrimage to Taiwan.
