Accusations are increasing between the United States and China after a serious collision between two warships from both sides almost occurred.
The accident almost occurred during a joint naval exercise between the US and Canadian navies in the Taiwan Strait.
From the perspective of the United States, a US Navy ship, the destroyer USS Chung Hun, was sailing with a Canadian ship through the Taiwan Strait, which under international law is an international waterway and they were sailing through it, according to the US Naval Indo-Pacific Command. A Chinese warship or military ship 150 yards (137.16 meters) in front of the American ship and then turned back and sailed 2,000 yards (1828.8 meters) in front of that ship.
And in the view of the United States, it is China here that is responsible for what they call the unsafe maneuver, and from the perspective of China it is as if they are describing a completely different confrontation. Speaking at the Shangri-La Forum in Singapore a few hours after this happened, the Chinese defense minister said that the United States is not there for peaceful purposes and they were looking there for provocation by sailing through the Taiwan Strait, and this leads to a dispute over the rules of the road as the United States says And what is allowed there?
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2023-06-05 05:36:11
