{"id":23543,"date":"2026-01-19T19:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=23543"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:02:18","slug":"china-tracks-u-s-warships-during-taiwan-strait-transit-keeps-forces-on-high-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=23543","title":{"rendered":"China Tracks U.S. Warships During Taiwan Strait Transit, Keeps Forces On High Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    China Tracks U.S. Warships During Taiwan Strait Transit, Keeps Forces On High Alert<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-300x157.jpg?resize=300%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"China Tracks US Warships During Taiwan Strait Transit, Keeps Forces On High Alert\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;margin-right:10px;width:150px; height:150px;float:left;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1882943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1882943\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1882943\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn.jpg?resize=1200%2C628\" alt=\"USS John Finn\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USS-John-Finn-150x79.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1882943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>China\u2019s military said it closely monitored the passage of two US naval vessels through the Taiwan Strait on 16\u201317 January.<\/p>\n<p>The USS John Finn, a guided-missile destroyer, and the oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears sailed through the strait over the two days.<\/p>\n<p>The PLA Eastern Theater Command said it deployed naval and air forces to track the vessels and managed the situation effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Colonel Xu Chenghua, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command, said Chinese forces stayed on high alert and would continue to protect national sovereignty and security while maintaining regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese military made the announcement on its official channels on Saturday. The US Department of Defense did not immediately comment on the transit.<\/p>\n<p>The Taiwan Strait remains a sensitive waterway, with US ships regularly passing through, which China views as a challenge to its territorial claims.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reference: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    MI News Network<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/shipping-news\/china-tracks-u-s-warships-during-taiwan-strait-transit-keeps-forces-on-high-alert\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=china-tracks-u-s-warships-during-taiwan-strait-transit-keeps-forces-on-high-alert\">Go to marine insight<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Tracks U.S. Warships During Taiwan Strait Transit, Keeps Forces On High Alert Image Credits: Wikipedia China\u2019s military said it closely monitored the passage of two US naval vessels through the Taiwan Strait on 16\u201317 January. The USS John Finn, a guided-missile destroyer, and the oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears sailed through the strait [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-23543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}