The Chinese warship intercepted the USS Chung-Hoon and the HMCS Montreal on Saturday as they transited the strait between the self-governed island of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory and mainland China.
and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world's top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such"freedom of navigation" patrols are a provocation to China.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the same forum Saturday that Washington would not"flinch in the face of bullying or coercion" from China and would continue regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to emphasize they are international waters, countering Beijing's sweeping territorial claims.
In a wide-ranging speech, Li reiterated many of Beijing's well-known positions, including its claim on Taiwan, calling it"the core of our core interests." In the pursuit of such, Austin said the U.S. was stepping up planning, coordination and training with"friends from the East China Sea to the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean" with shared goals"to deter aggression and to deepen the rules and norms that promote prosperity and prevent conflict."
Still, he refused Austin's invitation to talk on the sidelines of the conference, though the two did shake hands before sitting down at opposite sides of the same table together as the forum opened Friday."A cordial handshake over dinner is no substitute for a substantive engagement," Austin said.
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