China says intl community sees clearly who’s flexing muscles under guise of freedom of navigation

Bloomberg: Ten Chinese and Russian warships on Monday passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido for the first time. Could you please explain the purpose of the transit? Secondly, the Taiwan Strait and the Tsugaru Strait are both legally international waters, meaning that warships are allowed to sail through them. Yet China argues that the Taiwan transits earlier this week are vile. So I was curious to know how these two situations are different or similar? Wang Wenbin: Regarding your first question, please refer it to the Ministry of Defense. On your second question, the international community sees clearly who are flexing muscle, provoking and stirring up trouble, and who, under the disguise of freedom of navigation, are conducting military deterrence and undermining regional peace and stability.