The US has demanded that China take no action to affect Taiwan's security after Beijing dispatched an aircraft carrier to move near the island.

"We urge China not to take coercive actions that can undermine security, society, the economy and affect the people of Taiwan," the State Department yesterday released a statement. China's first domestic carrier incident over the Taiwan Strait on December 26.

The State Department's statement affirmed that Washington has a profound and binding interest in peace and stability on both sides of the strait. "We urge Beijing and Taipei to dialogue in search of peaceful solutions and resolve disagreements," the statement said.

Joseph Wu, head of Taiwan's diplomatic agency, announced on December 26 that the island's defense forces had deployed reconnaissance systems to monitor the border of the Shandong aircraft carrier and a missile guard ship. move across the strait to the north. The move comes just weeks before the island held elections in January 2020.

"Such military threats only make the Taiwanese more determined to defend themselves and preserve regional peace and stability," Wu wrote on Twitter.

China considers Taiwan a part of its territory waiting for reunification, including by force if necessary. Beijing last month also dispatched the Shandong aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait to "conduct routine scientific tests and training". The ship then docked at Sanya on Hainan Island and was commissioned by the navy on December 17.