China Blasts US for ‘Poisoning Ties’ as US Navy Sails Tomahawk-Armed Warship Through Taiwan Strait

[rangerrebew]

China Blasts US for ‘Poisoning Ties’ as US Navy Sails Tomahawk-Armed Warship Through Taiwan Strait
 
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Taiwan’s defence ministry carried out large-scale drills on Tuesday simulating a response to a mock invasion of the island by China, alleging that the exercises were a ‘response’ to repeated “provocations and threats” by Beijing.

China blasted the US over the move to sale a warship through the Taiwan Strait, accusing Washington “dangerous” behaviour. “US moves have seriously interfered in China’s internal affairs, severely harmed peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and poisoned Sino-US military ties,” Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said. Criticizing the US’s “continued negative actions” in Taiwan, Ren warned that US actions were “extremely dangerous.”

    Earlier, the US Seventh Fleet reported that the USS McCampbell, an Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, carried out a “routine” freedom of navigation mission through the sensitive 180 km-wide Taiwan Strait.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/202003261078714674-china-blasts-us-for-poisoning-ties-as-us-navy-sails-tomahawk-armed-warship-through-taiwan-strait/

[PeteS in CA]

Was it the USS WuFlu?