Japan destroyer passes through Taiwan Strait for first time, newspaper reports
FOX NewsSEP 12 2024
Japan's JS Sazanami naval destroyer, accompanied by Australian and New Zealand naval ships, sailed through the Taiwan Straight on Wednesday for the first time.
While this was the Japanese navy's first time sailing through the straight since World War II, the reason for which it said was to travel to the South China Sea for military exercises, the US, Australia, and the UK have been doing so for years.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly approved the move as a response to Chinese military craft entering its territory, including planes flying over Japanese airspace a month ago. China filed its own complaint with Japan in response.
China's military has been sailing through and flying over the Taiwan straight for months, antagonizing both neighboring countries like Japan and the Philippines, and allies like Australia. Not only is Beijing attempting to control the sovereign state of Taiwan, but also the internationally recognized waterways upon which many countries rely. If Beijin continues to flex its military might in the region, Western navies will respond in kind.
The Western establishment, directed by neoconservatives in the US with the help of its Asian allies, is trying to turn the South China Sea region into another NATO-like military alliance. To accomplish this, just as it did to Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and Serbia, it seems Western militaries are preparing to invade the region, risking an all-out war with China. US allies in Asia and Europe must stop taking marching orders from Washington before it's too late.