Chinese warplanes and naval ships "tailed and monitored" an American destroyer as it sailed through the Taiwan Strait Saturday. The US Navy said the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin had conducted "a routine Taiwan Strait transit Dec. 19 in accordance with international law." "The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the Navy statement said. Such missions "deliberately raise the temperature of the Taiwan issue, as they fear calm in the Taiwan Strait, and send flirtatious glances to Taiwan independence forces, seriously jeopardizing peace and stability in the strait," the Chinese military said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPEarlier this year, China sent fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait’s median line, an unofficial buffer.

Source: Fox News December 19, 2020 21:56 UTC