Canadian and Australian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, a move that Beijing said undermined regional stability. TaiwanPlus finds out what such freedom of navigation exercises are for.
00:00A Royal Canadian Navy Freegate, and an Australian Guided Missile Destroyer.
00:05This past weekend, these warships transited through the Taiwan Strait,
00:09a move China has criticized as a show of force and provocation.
00:13But in Taiwan, the ship's transit was welcomed by some,
00:17who stressed that the strait does not belong to China.
00:20Taiwan's海峡 is a national sea, not a national sea.
00:25When Taiwan's海峡 is a national sea,
00:28we have to decide if China is a national sea.
00:33We must decide if China is a national sea.
00:36If China is a national sea,
00:40it may be a difficult situation.
00:43So, Taiwan's海峡 is a national sea,
00:46and the safety of Taiwan is a national sea.
00:53The transits came just after China's September 3rd military parade,
00:57where the country showed off its latest cutting-edge weapons to the world.
01:01And data from marine traffic showed a US government vessel
01:05also sailed through the straits the night before,
01:07though Taiwan's defense ministry did not confirm that passage.
01:11Despite Beijing's protests, countries including Taiwan and the US
01:15say the strait is an international waterway open to navigation.
01:19One expert says the recent transit signals that democratic countries like Australia and Canada
01:25are upholding their long-standing policy of supporting an open Indo-Pacific
01:29and freedom of navigation.
01:31I think that this time the people of China and Canada
01:33would cross the Bahrain
01:34are not only while pointing at the Chinese military war,
01:35in terms of a stable plan.
01:36Everything is also trying to do the right to the United 93 U-Q train
01:38as well as other countries.
01:39However, the countries' lines and seals
01:41have either worked on their own or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop or non-stop.
01:44So, I think that the US government is not only
01:46to the right to the right to the right to China in Japan.
01:48Last week, a Canadian frigate also joined the Philippines, Australia and the U.S. for drills in the Philippine Sea.
02:09Canada emphasized that the exercises comply with the UN law, though China says they damage regional peace.
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