Chinese ship drives USS Ronald Reagan Convoy to stay away from Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea

Chinese ship drives USS Ronald Reagan Convoy to stay away from Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea

The aircraft carrier Shandong of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly sailed through the Taiwan Straits, the same day the US Ronald Reagan Carrier Group and the USS Benfold destroyer also made a transit in the region, with experts saying on Wednesday that the US warship's provocative move, which came right after its consecutive trespasses in Xisha and Nansha islands in the South China Sea last week, is a desperate and cost-saving attempt to hype tensions and contain China as the US faces China's growing capabilities, while the Chinese carrier was just returning to base after regular maintenance.

The announcement came just one day after the U.S.’s Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group navigated through the South China Sea on its first deployment there in 2022. At the same time, the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold carried out two consecutive freedom-of-navigation operations in the region.
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