Admiral Gilday, the U.S. Navy Secretary, recently called on the United States and the United Kingdom to join forces to strengthen sea power, counter China and Russia's attempts to erode freedom of navigation in line with international law, rewrite the international order, and not stand idly by Beijing's coercive and aggressive behavior in the Taiwan Strait .

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[Central News Agency] Admiral Gilday, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, recently called on the United States and the United Kingdom to join forces to strengthen sea power, counteract China and Russia’s attempts to erode freedom of navigation in line with international law, and try to rewrite the rules-based international order in a way that is beneficial to them .

Mike Gilday also pointed out that Beijing's coercive and aggressive behavior in the Taiwan Strait cannot be idly by.

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The Chief of Military Order is the highest rank in the U.S. Navy, equivalent to the Chief of Naval Staff.

Prior to this, Admiral Ben Key, the UK's First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, delivered a speech at a think tank in July, calling on all countries to remain vigilant about China's military development and not to underestimate China's strength.

Kaye also mentioned that "deterrence" is ultimately more cost-effective than "conflict". The West should recognize the importance of early deterrence and deterrence from aggression from the Russian-Ukrainian war and apply it to "ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."

Gilday visited the UK in late August. In addition to holding high-level talks with the British military, he also visited The Tech Bridge, a new scientific research base established by the British and US navies in London in 2020, as well as the British submarine force and nuclear The base of Clyde, Scotland, a major deterrent military town.

The base is also used by U.S. warships and submarines deployed in European waters.

Gilday published a special article in the British "Daily Telegraph" (The Daily Telegraph) at the end of September, pointing out that the consensus between Kaye and him is that the world has entered a critical decade, and this decade is likely to be decisive.

Gilday mentioned that China and Russia are attempting to gain substantial control over strategically key international waters in order to expand their influence while disrupting the free flow of international goods, information and energy.

Both China and Russia have ambitions to rewrite the rules-based international order.

In order to counter this phenomenon, Gilday called on the United Kingdom and the United States to cooperate and strengthen intimidation and resistance in important areas where Russia and China are trying to impose control: Russia must not be allowed to dominate the Black Sea or the Eastern Mediterranean, and it must not be coercive and aggressive against Beijing in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. The act of standing idly by.

Gilday pointed out that the United Kingdom and the United States must challenge the growing influence of China and Russia, protect important international trade lanes, and maintain international norms for handling maritime disputes.

He called on the British and American navies to strengthen military integration and interoperability, and joint combat capabilities from the seabed to space.

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In her speech at the "Atlantic Future Forum" held in the United States on September 29, the new British transport secretary and former international trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan also warned that international maritime security is increasingly threatened.

The British government promulgated the "National Strategy for Maritime Security" in August, which revealed that the United Kingdom will deploy the "Littoral Response Group" in the Indo-Pacific region from 2023, and will deploy it normally until 2030 Type 31 (Type 31) frigate.

The British Navy launched its normal deployment in the Indo-Pacific region for the first time in September last year. The two "River class" patrol ships "HMS Tamar" and "HMS Spey" are currently deployed. for a period of at least 5 years.

In October last year, the British Navy announced that the Type 31 frigates with better performance and strike capabilities will continue to perform "similar" deployment missions in the future.

The National Maritime Security Strategy mentions that the security and stability of the South China Sea is of paramount importance to UK interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

The strategy reiterates the UK's official position that it will not "take sides" in disputes related to sovereignty over the South China Sea, but is committed to upholding international law such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the right to freedom of navigation and overflight.

The UK will also continue to raise concerns about militarization, intimidation and coercion in the South China Sea.

The most advanced British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (HMS Queen Elizabeth) conducted its first mission cruise in the Indo-Pacific region last year. In addition to exercising freedom of navigation in the South China Sea several times and acting with many countries, one of the frigates passed through last September. Taiwan Strait.

According to the information of the British Navy, from April 2018 to May 2021, a total of five British warships have sailed in the South China Sea before the ship strike group launched its mission cruise.

The "National Maritime Security Strategy" mentioned that about 12% of the UK's maritime import and export trade relies on waterways through the South China Sea; about 60% of the world's maritime trade passes through Asia, of which about 1/3 goes through the South China Sea.