三个美国盟国最近在台湾海峡派出了军舰，这是一次对中国的罕见挑衅行动。日本一艘船只首次自二战后重建军队以来穿越了这个敏感水域，在同一日，北京宣布发射了其自1978年以来的首枚洲际弹道导弹至太平洋。
据当地媒体报道，日本周三进行了此次穿越。此举可能使中国感到愤怒，因为日本的立场在区域安全问题上显得更为坚定强硬，而中国希望控制台湾海峡，并抗议外国势力的通过行为。
新西兰的HMNZS Aotearoa和澳大利亚的HMAS Sydney同样也是首次经过了这条主要航道，根据两国国防部门的声明。台当局国防部对此暂未做出回应。
在罕见的航行行动前几小时，人民解放军火箭军宣布发射了一枚载有模拟弹头的洲际导弹至国际水域中，这是北京自2021年测试超音速武器后的首次重大导弹发射。该动作标志着自1980年5月中国共产党第一次公开测试此类洲际导弹以来的重大发展。
在国务院新闻办公室例行记者会上，外交部发言人林建表示，已按照“相关法律法规”处理日本船只通过台湾海峡的情况，并呼吁其不要干扰这一水域的稳定。今年美国盟友穿越该海域的次数创造了纪录，根据两岸及美国公开发布的数据信息。
此前不久，德国也首次有军舰自20年穿越台湾海峡，随着贸易紧张局势升级与欧洲国家对华立场在乌克兰问题上发声不满，上述行动进一步加剧了国际紧张局势。
中美军事谈判在前一段时间曾有所缓和，但随后因美国众议长于去年访问台岛而暂停。最近有消息称，中国及美国主管南海事务的高级军方官员已进行了近来的一次会谈，是那次旅行后的首次面对面会议。
这次军事活动的加剧表明了世界第二经济体正在以军事、经济和外交手段向台湾总统施压。他坚持认为该民主运行岛屿并非属于中国。但中国政府尚未排除必要时采取武力收复行动的可能性。
值得注意的是，在由日本、澳大利亚以及美国参与的峰会中，拜登本月在一台录音机前透露，中国正在“测试”美国及其盟友在印太地区的反应能力。在这次穿梭于台湾海峡的行动中，新西兰和澳大利亚确认了他们的船只的确已经通过该水域，而日本政府发言人则选择性地未证实这一消息。
中国与日本之间的关系本已紧张，近几周双方均被怀疑侵入对方领海，并发生了一起日本学生的事件在中国大陆失踪。中国声称已经向相关国家通报了导弹发射行动。美国军方对北京提前预警的透明度表示认可。
据五角大楼报告称，中国火箭军拥有约350枚洲际导弹，射程超过5,500公里（相当于大约3420英里）。美国官员越来越担忧中国的台湾政策可能导致海上更为频繁的挑战。美国海军战舰通常会穿越这一通道至台湾海峡之外，据五角大楼称，这超出了任何沿岸国家的领海范围。美军指出这是基于《联合国海洋法公约》下的航行自由权。
新西兰国防部长发言人表示：“这次航行是例行行为，符合国际法律。”并强调了行使“在联合国海洋法公约下确保的航行自由权利”。
新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Japan Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait in a First, NHK Says
新闻日期：2024-09-26
原文摘要：
Three US allies sent warships through the Taiwan Strait in a rare defiance of China in those waters, on the same day Beijing fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in 44 years.Japan sailed a vessel through the sensitive waterway Wednesday for the first time since re-establishing its armed forces after World War II, according to local media. Tokyo’s willingness to take a more robust stance on regional security is likely to anger China, which wants to regulate the strait and protests transits by foreign powers.New Zealand’s HMNZS Aotearoa also passed through the major shipping lane for the first time since 2017, along with the Australian vessel HMAS Sydney, according to both nations’ defense ministries. Taiwan’s defense ministry declined to comment on the transits.Hours before the rare voyages, the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force made the surprise announcement it had fired an ICBM carrying a dummy warhead into international waters, marking Beijing’s first major missile launch since testing hypersonic weapons in 2021. The ruling Communist Party first publicly tested such an ICBM in May 1980.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Beijing had dealt with the entry of a Japanese vessel into the strait in accordance with “laws and regulations” and urged it not to interfere with the stability of the waterway at a regular briefing on Thursday.The number of American partners transiting the strait hit a record this year, according to publicly available data from Taiwan and the US. Earlier this month, Germany also sent its first warship through Taiwan Strait in 22 years, as trade tensions simmer and European countries protest China’s support of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The ramped up military activity comes as Chinese leader and US President prepare to hold a phone call, after a recent thaw in military talks that were suspended in the wake of then-House Speaker ’s 2022 visit to Taiwan. Chinese and US military commanders overseeing operations in the South China Sea recently had their talks since that trip.Underscoring lingering tensions, Biden was on a hot mic this month saying China was “testing” the US and its allies in the Indo-Pacific during a summit that included Japan and Australia. The flurry of trips through the strait come as the world’s No. 2 economy ramps up military, economic and diplomatic pressure on Taiwanese President , who refuses to endorse the claim his democratically run island is part of China. Beijing hasn’t ruled out taking the territory by force, if necessary.But while New Zealand and Australia confirmed their transits, Japanese government spokesman declined to confirm at a press briefing if his nation sent a ship through the waterway. “Japan is sending the message that it stands with like-minded states such as the US,” said , a professor of international relations at the University of Niigata Prefecture. “Announcing this before or after the passage would be a loss of face for China. So I think there is some consideration for China, to show that Japan doesn’t want to worsen relations.”Already fraught ties between Beijing and Tokyo have been tested in recent weeks by suspected territorial infringements by both sides and of a Japanese schoolboy in China. China claimed it had given “relevant countries” notice of the ICBM launch, with the Pentagon Beijing for its transparency on the forewarning. The Japanese Coast Guard said that it received a notice from China before the launch about potential space debris.The PLA has been expanding its missile capabilities, with the nation’s Rocket Force possessing some 350 ICBMs with a range of more than 5,500 kilometers (3,420 miles), according to a Pentagon report. US officials have been increasingly concerned Beijing’s stance in the Taiwan Strait could result in more frequent challenges at sea. US Navy warships often transit the Taiwan Strait through a corridor the Pentagon says is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state. The US military has said the trips uphold .“This was a routine activity, consistent with international law,” a New Zealand Defense Minister said of this week’s transit. It exercised “the right of freedom of navigation as guaranteed under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.”
