Chinese military ``removed a US ship that had illegally entered its territorial waters''

Tian Junli, a spokesperson for the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China, issued a statement saying that an American warship had been removed from China's territorial waters.

Nov 27, 2023 - 13:45
Nov 27, 2023 - 13:48
Chinese military ``removed a US ship that had illegally entered its territorial waters''
Chinese military ``removed a US ship that had illegally entered its territorial waters''

According to the CCTV news agency, Spokesman Tian said in a statement that the Southern Theater Command, which has jurisdiction over the South China Sea, had trespassed into China's territorial waters when the US Navy's missile destroyer ``Hopper'' sailed in the waters surrounding the Paracel Islands in the same sea. announced that he had been evicted. The statement continued: “This is yet another irrefutable proof of US navigational hegemony and militarization of the South China Sea, and that the US is the undisputed security risk maker in the South China Sea, and that the US is an undisputed security risk maker in the South China Sea. and has proven to be the greatest destroyer of stability." In addition, ``The People's Liberation Army's southern theater mobilized sea and air forces to track and monitor (the U.S. destroyers) in accordance with laws and regulations, and issued a warning and forced them to leave.'' We will maintain a state of high alert and resolutely protect national sovereignty and security as well as peace and stability in the South China Sea region." Earlier this month, a US guided missile destroyer and a Canadian frigate passed through the Taiwan Strait, prompting Beijing to accuse the US of intentionally creating a danger in the strait. I was there.