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Old 20th Oct 2021, 03:49
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jolihokistix
 
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Originally Posted by ORAC
More comparable to the Kuznetsov transiting the English Channel.

compare and contract the UK reaction on that occasion, and the Japanese on this, compared to that of Russia when a UK frigate transited past Crimea and China when a UK, USA or other allied frigate approaches one of their illegally claimed reefs or enters the Taiwan Strait.
I think this one is more personal than transiting the Channel, which after all goes between two unrelated nations. There is little reason for ships to use the Tsugaru Strait even if it is legal under international law. China was wanting to cut across or through a single nation, to show Japan (the US has Misawa base nearby) how it feels to the CCP (not of course to the people of Taiwan though) when foreign warships transit the Taiwan Strait. By holding hands with Russia as she performed this unprecedented move, she was also spreading the responsibility.
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