For the first time since Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s ill-advised trip to Taiwan on Aug. 3, the U.S. Navy sent ships through the Taiwan Strait earlier today. The two ships were the guided missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, which apparently entered the Strait at about 1 a.m. EDT (noon China Standard Time). The U.S. 7th Fleet called it “a routine Taiwan Strait transit.”
The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said on Aug. 28 that it is on high alert and ready to thwart any provocation as two U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Straits on the same day, reported CGTN. The PLA Eastern Theater Command has followed and closely monitored the warships, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson of the theater command, said in a statement.
