US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore that the US was concerned about the number of times China intercepted American and allied aircraft. broadcast was open area departments.
“The PRC continues to implement an alarming number of interceptions of US and allied aircraft legally flying in international airspace,” Austin said.
He mentioned that there was a recent case of “aggressive and unprofessional behavior by the PRC flight” recently.
formerly Austin aforementionedThat a conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be a disaster.
He added that the conflict in the Taiwan Strait was “neither imminent nor inevitable”.
Prior to that, Taiwan and the United States signed The first deal under the bilateral trade initiative is one year after its launch.