U.S. warships carrying out Taiwan Strait passage; first since Pelosi visit

My dearest wish in this arena is that China decides to send a fleet to cruise around the Caribbean, particularly the 'strait' between Florida and Cuba which is about the same width as the 'Formosa' Strait, maybe even a tour of the Gulf of Mexico, just to see the bulging eyes and overt physical manifestations of hypertension in the faces of American officials and hear their gasps and shaken sabers and sputtering protests. That would be most enjoyable. America just keeps PUSHING but China has 3000 years of continuous culture and can absorb it as they have so much in history. America acts like a compulsively obnoxious child...

Taiwan will experience a Tropical storm this week

WB - China is more than welcome to do so. "International Waters" means any nation can navigate them. Not that hard to understand. It would be good for the US military to get an up close look at China's navy too. I don't think people will be as upset as you seem to think.

US warships carrying out Taiwan Strait passage again:

Obnoxious & recalcitrant US, never tired of seizing any slight opportunity to insult and agitate to test China's patience.

Tolerance has its limit, don't deliberately ignite any dangerous war fuse.

Are Beijing & Washington taking any serious note?..

I might also add that if the US Govt pitched a hissy fit in such a situation, I would laugh at them just like I laughed at the CCP's meltdown.

3000 years of culture - most destroyed by poor leaderships.

You American, UK and France supporters do realise that these are very dangerous warships with guided missiles and nuclear weapon capacities? They are not fishing boats, container ships or cruise liners. They are designed to kill as many civilians as possible. I would be scared if I saw one up close.

God Speed!

"My dearest wish in this arena is that China decides to send a fleet to cruise around the Caribbean . . ."

Yeah, the only difference being that the U.S. is not threatening to invade any of its Caribbean neighbors, whereas, the Chinese are threatening to attack and invade Taiwan. If anything, the Caribbean countries would probably feel more threatened by the Chinese navy of any violence.

Chinese warships are free to travel in international shipping lanes.

Russian warships pass all the time through the English Channel but are followed.

William BjornsonToday 01:00 pm JST

My dearest wish in this arena is that China decides to send a fleet to cruise around the Caribbean, particularly the 'strait' between Florida and Cuba which is about the same width as the 'Formosa' Strait, maybe even a tour of the Gulf of Mexico, just to see the bulging eyes and overt physical manifestations of hypertension in the faces of American officials and hear their gasps and shaken sabers and sputtering protests. That would be most enjoyable. America just keeps PUSHING but China has 3000 years of continuous culture and can absorb it as they have so much in history. America acts like a compulsively obnoxious child...

What does ''continuous culture'' have to do with China trying to bully Taiwan and every country in the region? You seem to be a big fan of this oppressive regime that has held down Tibet and its culture and killed lots of Muslim Uighers. History and continuous culture mean absolutely squat and can't win you a war and China is the one that keeps pushing. You can be anti-American if you want as it is anyone's right to hate and like as they please but I guarantee that the overwhelming majority of people in the Caribbean and in Taiwan are very grateful for the American presence and don't share your point of view and America won't blink. That's a guarantee also.

And Chinese warplanes stepping up sorties flew over the strait in return!

The Republic of China has never been part of the People's Republic of China (sic). The PRC's own citizens are doing anything to flee, while Taiwanese, with vastly more opportunities to move abroad, are mostly content to stay put.

The democrats keep pushing.

William BjornsonToday  01:00 pm JST

“ My dearest wish in this arena is that China decides to send a fleet to cruise around the Caribbean, particularly the 'strait' between Florida and Cuba which is about the same width as the 'Formosa' Strait, maybe even a tour of the Gulf of Mexico, just to see the bulging eyes and overt physical manifestations of hypertension in the faces of American officials and hear their gasps and shaken sabers and sputtering protests. That would be most enjoyable. America just keeps PUSHING but China has 3000 years of continuous culture and can absorb it as they have so much in history. America acts like a compulsively obnoxious child... “

Excuse me. “3000 years of continuous culture”, (more than one billion people) ) BUT they were only able to become the 2nd economy fifteen years ago, competing with Japan and the US: countries with 130 million and 300 million people, respectively. ;the US, in less than three hundred years, became the world’s (number one) superpower. :what does that say to you (about “wonderful” China) (?) 1) poor leadership 2) human rights abuses. / .. you, my European friend, are not “a fan of the Americans”; that doesn’t mean China has good intentions; (they don’t(!) )

“ China has never ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control.

Taiwan's government says the People's Republic of China has never ruled the island and so has no right to claim it, and that only its 23 million people can decide their future. “

@Rodney, I would be scared too if I lived in Taiwan and I saw Chinese cruise missiles being lobbed overhead!

@WB, ironic that you don’t seem American yet you have what looks like an American military insignia as your icon.

Freedom of navigation, completely legal in the eyes of the world. China sails off our coast often too, we may not like it but we don’t make a sing and dance about it.

If the USA does not pivot toward Asia, support the quad, and support India vs China, then the Pacific Zone would be a deadly war zone.

I see the us Navy’s domination over the straits as the actual deterrent to Beijings offensives.

Russia has its own energy.

Randy JohnsonToday  02:55 pm JST

The democrats keep pushing.

So do the Republicans. The US position of supporting Taiwan is bipartisan.

Awa no CjinToday  02:06 pm JST

China is threatening unification with Taiwan.

Taiwan is part of China

USA is not just navigating.

Don't be bamboozled by fake news.

China (PRC) is threatening to invade Taiwan.

The Republic of China was established on Taiwan in 1948. The PRC did not exist until 1949. The PRC has never controlled Taiwan. Taiwan is not a part of China (PRC).

Don't spread fake news.

Good on the US for asserting Freedom of The Seas.

The free, democratic world will never cave in to Communist China, and will support free Taiwan in every possible way.

Taiwan is not and never has been part of Communist China. Fact. And NEVER will be.

What you gonna do, Commies? Cry some more?

Stormcrow...

Yeah, the only difference being that the U.S. is not threatening to invade any of its Caribbean neighbors...

Really? Ever heard of the islands of Cuba? Grenada? Does Panama ring any bells?

US presence of the coast of China is to threaten China no less than Chinese warships and plane circling Taiwan are to threaten the leaders of Taiwan.

""International waters"" means International Waters, anyone who claims it's theirs or even try to dictate any rules over it is out of line and should be stopped.

RedstormToday  05:09 pm JST

Just dumb to say because the current PRC was created in 1949 that Taiwan was never a part of China. China existed prior to 1949 just as Russia existed before 1991.

Dumb only to the uneducated, Taiwan was the territory of the Qing Dynasty, which fought and lost a war with Japan and ceded Taiwan to Japan in 1985.

The Qing Dynasty was replaced by the Republic of China in 1912 under Sun Yat-Sen. During WWII the Republic of China was an Allied power under Chang Kai Shek, and after WWII ended, Taiwan was returned to the Republic of China, and has remained so to this date.

The People's Republic of China(PRC/PROC) whio have been calling themselves "China" headed by the CCP have never controlled Taiwan.

Don't get confused by the PRC's use of "China".

BTW, the Russian Federatio existed under the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and when that collapsed in 1991 it simply reverted to "Russia". There is no parallel with the China/Taiwan issue.

CCP have never controlled Taiwan.

But the Republic of China certainly did prior to 1949, and the PRC is now internationally recognized as the successor state of the ROC (with only a handful of holdouts). When a country experiences a revolution or change of government, its internationally recognised borders do not shrink to only include areas where government forces exercise physical control. This is well established in international law.

Taiwan was the territory of the Qing Dynasty

Ah so it's clear it's part of China

Has China not been insulted enough by the west/Japan since the Opium War in 1840? How long more would they want to be mentally abused?

If China could afford to sacrifice some 200,000 volunteers/soldiers in Korean War, why not now?

If Russia could not stand west's attitude, why would China??