So far, there has been 'no interference from foreign military forces'. 9News
In this photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard, Legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro transits the Taiwan Strait during a routine transit with Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd on Aug. 27, 2021.
The Navy cites an international law that defines territorial waters as extending 12 nautical miles from a country's coastline and regularly sends its warships through the strait in what it calls freedom of navigation operations, including recent voyages by the guided missile destroyers USS Benfold and USS Port Royal.
In July, the month before Pelosi's trip, Chinese warplanes crossed the median line just once, with an unspecified number of jets, according to Taiwan's Defense Ministry. That announcement came after US Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, became the latest member of Congress to visit Taiwan defying pressure from Beijing, saying, "I will not be bullied by Communist China into turning my back on the island."
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