Chinese regime authorities reported this Thursday that His troops are on “constant maximum alert” after several ships from the United States and Canada passed through the Taiwan Strait for the second time in two months.

He “USS Rafael Peralta” and the frigate “HMCS Ottawa” of the Royal Canadian Navy They carried out a series of maneuvers throughout the day, including a “routine transit” through the strait, as the US Navy said in a statement.

“The troops will remain on constant alert and resolutely protect national sovereignty and security, as well as peace and stability in the region,” the statement said. Colonel Shi Yispokesperson for the Chinese armed forces, in a press release.

According to Yi, the passage of the North American destroyer and the Canadian frigate “caused a great stir in public opinion”.

The spokesperson said that the Eastern Theater of Operations He organized “troops to follow and watch” American warships.

The passage of these ships takes place after, on September 9, two warships belonging to the United States and Canada crossed the area that separates the island from mainland China.

The United States and its allies have increased the number of crossings in both the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, in a bid to emphasize its “free navigation” policy in that area, in waters over which China continues to claim sovereignty.

The U.S. Seventh Fleet said the transit was carried out in accordance with international law and “through a corridor of the strait which extends beyond the territorial sea of ​​any State”.

The presence of the warships in the area coincides with the maneuvers carried out by the Shandong aircraft carrier of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA, Chinese army) in the waters near the island of Taiwan.

These exercises, which began on October 26, have been reinforced in recent days with the participation of additional PLA air and naval forces.

Taiwan defense authorities reported Wednesday that they detected 43 PLA planes and seven ships near the island, many of which crossed the so-called median line of the Taiwan Strait.

In September, Taipei reported a record number of Chinese military incursions, after which it denounced China’s “military harassment.”

Taiwan – where China’s nationalist army retreated after defeat by communist troops in the civil war – has been governed autonomously since 1949, although the Chinese regime claims sovereignty over the island, which it considers as a rebel province whose “reunification” does not exclude the use of force.

In this climate of growing tension, this week the Chinese regime once again threatened Taiwan warning that “he will show no mercy” in the face of “any act favorable to Taiwan’s independence.” This was stated by General Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, the highest authority of the Chinese military, during the tenth edition of the Xiangshan regional forum on cooperation and security.

“It doesn’t matter who wants to separate Taiwan from China, or in any way. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will never accept it,” Zhang said. And he added: “China will never tolerate any attempt to separate the island from China. »

These declarations come less than two months before the holding of presidential and legislative elections on January 13 on the island to decide the direction of Taiwanese policy towards China, at a time of strong tensions between Taipei and Beijing. .

The current vice-president, William Laiof the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), leads the polls and wins the elections.

(With information from Europa Press and EFE)