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a military ship Chinese maneuvered dangerously just 137 meters from the destroyer US USS Chung-Hoon while it was conducting joint exercises with the Canadian Navy near taiwanamid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing, reported the Canadian portal Global News.
Global News journalists, who were on board a Canadian ship HMCS Montrealwatched on Saturday as the Chinese ship moved into the trajectory of the USS Chung Hoon to deviate at the last moment, an incident occurred when the defense ministers of these countries attended a regional forum in Singapore.
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Commander of HMCS Montreal, Paul Mountfordindicated to the Canadian media that the Chinese maneuver was not “professional” and added that the US ship also had to maneuver and slow down to avoid a possible collision.
Mountford opined that the incident was “clearly instigated” by the Chinese ship, since it radioed USS Chung-Hoon before carrying out the maneuver.
USA and Canada they assure that they were in international waters, while Beijing insists that these are its territorial waters.
In a statement, the spokesman for the east command of the Chinese Army, shi yiHe said the US destroyer and the Canadian frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday and there were also Chinese forces, but he did not mention the danger of a collision.
Shi Yi pointed out that the Chinese forces acted within the law and will always maintain vigilance to respond to any threats and provocations.
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The incident occurred while the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austinand its Chinese counterpart, li shang fuattend the weekend Shangri-La security forum in Singaporethe most important event of its kind in Asia.
The United States offered to hold a bilateral between Austin and Li, but Beijing refused.
In his speeches at the forum, Austin has reiterated the US willingness to maintain the status quo in taiwan and Li has claimed that Taiwan, a self-governing territory, belongs to China and does not rule out using force to impose its sovereignty.
Source: Elcomercio
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