China has accused France of “illegally entering Chinese waters” after a French naval vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait earlier this month, in an escalation of its rhetoric that highlights rising tensions over the status of the island nation that Beijing claims as its territory.
Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang, China defence ministry spokesman, said on Thursday that Beijing had made stern representationsto Paris over the passage of the French warship and said the Chinese navy had sent ships to warn the French ship to leave the waterway, according to reporters present at the press conference.
China sees Taiwan as its territory and has threatened annexation if Taipei refuses indefinitely to give up its de facto independence.
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