PLA Eastern Theater Command spokesperson Xu Chenghua, an army colonel, said
since May 27 the Dutch frigate De Ruyter’s shipboard helicopter illegally
entered Xisha airspace and the ship subsequently transited the Taiwan Strait.
The PLA Eastern Theater organized naval and air forces to shadow and warn the
Dutch vessel throughout the transit and said it effectively responded and
handled the situation. Theater forces remain at high alert to defend national
sovereignty, security and regional peace and stability.