{"id":6236,"date":"2026-06-28T09:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2026-06-28T09:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:10:46","slug":"china-is-disturbing-taiwan-waters-former-us-defense-official-monitoring-is-needed-to-clarify-intentions-politics-central-news-agency-cna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/?p=6236","title":{"rendered":"China is disturbing Taiwan waters. Former US defense official: Monitoring is needed to clarify intentions | Politics | Central News Agency CNA"},"content":{"rendered":"


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2026\/6\/28 09:32 (Updated 6\/28 09:46) Please agree to our privacy policy to enable the news listening function. Former US Pentagon official Hu Zhendong served as a speaker at the Taiwanese Public Affairs Association’s fundraising lecture tour in Washington on the 27th, analyzing the situation of Taiwan’s defense and US-Taiwan military cooperation. Photographed by Central News Agency reporter Hou Ziying from Maryland, June 28, 115 (Central News Agency reporter Hou Ziying from Washington, DC, 27th) China has recently been disturbing the waters east of Taiwan, claiming to be conducting maritime law enforcement operations and “marine environmental surveys.” Former US Pentagon official Hu Zhendong said today that surveillance is crucial to clarify China’s true intentions. If it is for military operations, it means they may intend to use the area for specific military purposes in the future. Taiwanese-American Tony Hu used to be an official in charge of China and Taiwan affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense (now known as the Department of War). He also worked at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and Raytheon, which is famous for its Patriot air defense system. Hu Zhendong was recently invited to be a speaker on the fundraising tour of the Taiwanese People for Public Affairs (FAPA). Today he analyzed the situation of Taiwan’s defense and U.S.-Taiwan military cooperation at the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Washington, Maryland. The event was hosted by the FAPA DC Chapter and was attended by more than 100 people. Regarding the intensification of China’s gray intrusion on Taiwan, including the use of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) negotiated by Japan and the Philippines as an excuse, Chinese official ships used the Japan-Philippines negotiations to negotiate the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and then launched the so-called “marine environment survey” in the waters east of Taiwan after using the coast guard and maritime vessels to infringe on the waters east of Taiwan. After the meeting, Hu Zhendong accepted an interview with a reporter from the Central News Agency and said that monitoring this is crucial and the real reason why the Chinese ships appear there must be clarified. He pointed out that it is one thing to conduct an investigation for scientific research and other purposes, but if it is for military operations, it means that there may be some intention to use the area for specific military purposes in the future. Hu Zhendong, who has served in the U.S. Air Force for many years, emphasized the geopolitical importance of Taiwan in his speech and said that if the United States cannot prevent China from invading Taiwan, the United States’ reputation in the Western Pacific will be gone. “We will not let this happen.” He said the United States “needs to take a firm stance on the first island chain, which includes Taiwan.” On the economic front, Hu Zhendong pointed out that 15.5 million barrels of crude oil pass through the waters surrounding Taiwan to Japan and South Korea every day. If China controls Taiwan, it would essentially be able to coerce Japan and South Korea, America’s two closest friends. He also said that about 30% to 40% of global trade passes through the waters surrounding Taiwan every day. “Economically, Taiwan is also very important to the world.” Talking about Taiwan-US security cooperation, Hu Zhendong said that the security cooperation relationship between the United States and Taiwan is “very broad and deep”, covering the strategic level to the tactical level. As China continues to threaten Taiwan with military force, Hu Zhendong mentioned that he is often asked about Taiwanese people’s willingness to stand up to defend their homeland. He cited relevant courses at Black Bear Academy and other defense training centers as an example that attracted people to actively pay for registration. Many Taiwanese people are willing to defend their country, so he has a very positive view of the Taiwanese people’s “willingness to fight.” In addition, when a participant asked about the Kuomintang’s deletion of Taiwan’s special defense budget on the grounds of corruption, Hu Zhendong responded that corruption should be prevented by introducing policy steps and conducting stricter review of the way funds are used and the quality of products, rather than “we don’t want corruption, so we won’t spend this money.” He is worried that Taiwan will also lose its self-defense capabilities because the ultimate purpose of the defense budget is to strengthen Taiwan’s defense capabilities and deter China. (Editor: Wei Shu) 1150628 supports the Central News Agency\u2019s choice to stand with the facts. Every sponsorship you make is a small amount of sponsorship to download the Central News Agency\u2019s \u201cFirst-hand News\u201d APP to grasp the latest news in real time. 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2026\/6\/28 09:32 (Updated 6\/28 09:46) Please agree to our privacy policy to enable the news listening function. Former US Pentagon official Hu Zhendong served as a speaker at the Taiwanese Public Affairs Association’s fundraising lecture tour in Washington on the 27th, analyzing the situation of Taiwan’s defense and US-Taiwan military cooperation. Photographed by Central News […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daiilynews.cu.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}