“We know that China tests American administrations early on,” he said, noting the 2001 incident involving the mid-air collision between a Chinese jet and a Navy surveillance aircraft. Chang said he believes China will step up provocative actions. “Essentially what the Biden team is saying to China that they had better leave Taiwan alone, especially with our carrier strike group,” he said on Fox News Channel. China expert Gordon Chang said the Roosevelt was sending a message to Beijing as it passed through the Taiwan Strait on the way to the South China Sea The carrier is conducting routine operations. Indo-Pacific Command announced Saturday that the aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Roosevelt had entered the South China Sea, where China has claimed disputed islands. Japan has claimed the uninhabited Senkakus as its territory and calls them the Diaoyutai. “Secretary Austin further affirmed that the Senkaku islands are covered by Article V of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and that the United States remains opposed to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement. Austin III told his Japanese counterpart, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi that the United States would defend Japan’s claim to the disputed Senkaku Islands under the U.S.-Japan Defense Treaty. In a related development, new Defense Secretary Lloyd J. “It’s sending a message to the Biden administration,” he said. Lo Chih-Cheng, a senior lawmaker with the ruling Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party, told Reuters the activities were an indication Beijing is seeking to deter the new administration from supporting Taiwan. No activities by Chinese ground or naval forces have been detected in recent days.ĭuring the Trump administration, more than $12 billion in new arms were offered for sale, including 66 F-16 jets and missiles capable of reaching the Chinese mainland.Ī map made public by the Taiwan defense ministry showed that the jets entered the defense zone off the southeastern coast. intelligence agencies have been closely monitoring China’s military for any signs of threatening activities toward Taiwan, according to a U.S. Taiwan‘s defense ministry said jet interceptors were ordered to track the flights and radio warnings were issued along with the deployment of air defense missile systems to monitor the activity. The mass aerial incursion included two Su-30 fighter-bombers, six J-10 and four J-16 fighters, two Y-8Q anti-submarine warfare aircraft and one Y-8G, a reconnaissance aircraft.
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