Sunday’s transit through the Taiwan Strait by US and Canadian naval ships – a week after Beijing’s military drill to blockade the self-ruled island – “disturbed the situation and undermined peace and stability”, the People’s Liberation Army said on Monday.
Li Xi, a PLA Navy colonel and spokesman for the Eastern Theatre Command, said naval and air forces from his unit monitored the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins and the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver throughout the transit.
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