On the following day, Sunday 31 March, two Chinese J-11 fighter jets crossed the Median Line that divides the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China.
China has been increasing its provocations of both states with increasing frequency over the past year.
China has increased its provocations directed at Taiwan over the last 12 months including naval circumnavigations of Taiwan, one of which included the aircraft carrier, Liaoning's passage through the Taiwan Strait.
There is insufficient evidence to conclude that China is preparing to initiate hostilities against either Taiwan or Japan.
The act stated that any attempt to dictate Taiwan's future by other than peaceful means "Would be a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific and of grave concern to the United States." Forty years have not changed this fact.
They will demonstrate the kind of U.S. commitment to Taiwan's defense that is critical to deterring China.
To show support for both Japan and Taiwan, the U.S. should divert the USS Wasp Strike Group and dispatch the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group from its homeport in Japan to transit the Miyako Strait and then continue their transit down through the Taiwan Strait.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/04/02/china_is_testing_the_united_states_114303.html
China has been increasing its provocations of both states with increasing frequency over the past year.
China has increased its provocations directed at Taiwan over the last 12 months including naval circumnavigations of Taiwan, one of which included the aircraft carrier, Liaoning's passage through the Taiwan Strait.
There is insufficient evidence to conclude that China is preparing to initiate hostilities against either Taiwan or Japan.
The act stated that any attempt to dictate Taiwan's future by other than peaceful means "Would be a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific and of grave concern to the United States." Forty years have not changed this fact.
They will demonstrate the kind of U.S. commitment to Taiwan's defense that is critical to deterring China.
To show support for both Japan and Taiwan, the U.S. should divert the USS Wasp Strike Group and dispatch the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group from its homeport in Japan to transit the Miyako Strait and then continue their transit down through the Taiwan Strait.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/04/02/china_is_testing_the_united_states_114303.html
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