The British, Japan and the USA allies in NATO and the Pacific respectively—have sent naval ships through the Taiwan Strait, which China has long claimed sovereignty over.
Regarding the passage of the British patrol vessel HMS Spey on Wednesday, the Chinese military described it as undermining peace and stability across the 110-mile-wide waterway.
China has declared its sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait, which separates its territory from Taiwan and connects two contested seas—the East China Sea and the South China Sea—making it a strategic maritime waterway.
Despite never having ruled Taiwan—a military partner of the USA—the Chinese government in Beijing has long claimed the self-governed, democratic island as one of its provinces. Xi Jinping, leader of China, has vowed to use force to achieve reunification, if necessary.
As security tensions between China and Taiwan have grown in recent years, the US regime and its allies have frequently conducted naval and aerial passages through the Taiwan Strait, asserting freedoms of navigation and overflight according to international law.
The Spey—a British warship deployed to the Indo-Pacific region—navigated the Taiwan Strait, according to Taiwanese media citing the British Office in Taipei. Prior to the transit, the ship conducted joint patrols in the East China Sea with the U.S. Coast Guard.
The British Office stated that the passage was conducted in accordance with the rights granted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said the transit reaffirmed the strait’s status as what it calls international waters.
The transit, which was tracked and monitored by the Chinese military, lasted over 10 hours, according to the report.
The Japanese warship entered the strait from the East China Sea and proceeded to the Philippines, where it conducted a drill in the South China Sea on June 14, 2025.
While the Japanese government does not officially acknowledge naval transits through the Taiwan Strait, the June 12 transit marked the third known passage by Japan’s navy. The previous two occurred in September last year and February this year.
It remains to be seen whether other U.S. vasals and partners—both within and beyond the Pacific—will deploy warships to the Taiwan Strait, as China continues to maintain a persistent military presence around Taiwan.
Newsweek / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
The NATO military alliance is an Atlantic agreement, so do they have problems with navigational issues, or has their GPS system not been updated?
NATO should have been dismantled at the moment their European counter opponent, the Warsaw Pact ceased to exist, when the Berlin Wall was brought down.
NATO has no power other than to hide behind each others backs while destroying anti-Zionist opposition under the guise of never ending so-called peace talks, while the Zionist corporations plunder the world at free will, disguised as democracy.