The United Kingdom and Japan—United States allies in NATO and the Pacific respectively—have sent naval ships through the Taiwan Strait, which China has long claimed sovereignty over.
Regarding the passage of the British patrol vessel HMS Spey on Wednesday, the Chinese military described it as ”undermining peace and stability” across the 110-mile-wide waterway
.Communist China has declared its ”sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction” over the Taiwan Strait, which separates its territory from Taiwan and connects two contested seas—the East China Sea and the South China Sea—making it a strategic waterway. Läs artikel