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China Says It Monitored US Ships in Taiwan Strait

Saturday, 17 January 2026 10:49 AM EST

China's military said it had followed and monitored the transit of guided-missile destroyer USS Finn and oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears through the Taiwan Strait on Jan. 16 and 17, it said on an official WeChat account Saturday.

A ⁠spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army ⁠said in the ⁠statement that it remains "on high alert at all times" to "resolutely defend national sovereignty and security."

The Pentagon ⁠did ​not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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