It has been more than a month since the British aircraft carrier battle group came to the Asia-Pacific region, during which, in addition to going to Guam to "fight drugs," it has been busy conducting military exercises with the United States and Japan and other Asia-Pacific allies, while the United States is afraid of chaos in the world and has repeatedly instigated Britain to "make some movements" in the Asia-Pacific region. After the United States, Britain, and Australia became "new military partners," Britain's action really came -- not only did it send warships across the Taiwan Strait, but it also hyped up high-profile and released helicopter exercises, which had the meaning of eating up the South China Sea and making a lot of efforts in the background. According to the Global Network reported on September 27, a frigate named "Richmond" of the British "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier formation crossed the Taiwan Strait in a high profile in the early morning of the same day, causing concern from the outside world.
The reason why the British ship is a "high-profile crossing" is mainly because the frigate "Richmond" speculated when passing through the Taiwan Strait, and the British side tweeted that it was visiting Vietnam through the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to this behavior of the British warship, saying that the Chinese side has no objection to the "normal passage" of foreign warships through the Taiwan Strait, but what is the intention of the British warship's high-profile hype? We are telling the British side to respect China's sovereign internal affairs.
What is even more crazy is that the British ship "Richmond" also conducted helicopter sea and air exercises in the Taiwan Strait, which is also a great provocation to the Chinese side, and China's response is still relatively restrained in comparison. The reason why the British ship appeared in the Taiwan Strait and passed through with a high profile was mainly for two reasons.
First, in order to complete the "anti-China" mission deployed by the Big Brother of the United States, the British "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier formation departed from April and May, traveled nearly 50,000 kilometers, to the South China Sea for so-called "free navigation", and the British media bluntly said that this is to implement "gunboat diplomacy" against China. Since the original people are not good, it is not surprising that british frigates appear in the Taiwan Strait, after all, for those countries that are eager to hug the thighs of the United States, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea are the "punch card holy places" that have to go, and only when they go to these two places and brush the sense of existence can they have an explanation to the United States.
Second, before the Departure of the British aircraft carrier fleet, the British side was a lot of big talk, but when it really passed through the South China Sea, it was frustrated, originally the British strike group had a lot of activities after arriving in the South China Sea, and even brought the Royal Boat Regiment that was good at amphibious operations, but because as many as 3 Chinese Type 093 attack nuclear submarines were found in the South China Sea, the British aircraft carrier formation was frightened and quickly withdrew from the South China Sea.
It can be said that the British frigate "Richmond" appeared in the Taiwan Strait and crossed in a high profile, with some motives for "revenge for personal gain". To put it bluntly, the British fleet was frightened by Chinese nuclear submarines in the South China Sea and was holding its breath, so it not only passed through the Taiwan Strait, but also "yelled" when passing, which was not a normal "free navigation".
Finally, Britain's move is also to give the United States an explanation, as mentioned above, the British fleet came to the Asia-Pacific region, originally to target China, but in the South China Sea due to excessive fright, resulting in no name, so that the United States is quite dissatisfied. In order to submit its name to the United States, it is necessary for britain to take a "sensitive route" in exchange for the trust of the United States by showing a tough stance toward China.
Of course, it should be pointed out that as early as early September, the British Chief of Defence Staff Carter contacted the Chinese military, briefed the Chinese side on the "strategic intentions" of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier formation in the Asia-Pacific region, and briefed the Chinese side on "what will be done next". Therefore, it cannot be completely ruled out that the Chinese side has long known that the British frigate "Richmond" will pass through the Taiwan Strait, after all, the two sides have passed through the gas in advance. But even so, the British warship's high-profile crossing of the Taiwan Strait and the implementation of exercises in the process still trampled on China's red line, and China will not open up because Britain has informed it in advance.