China slams US military blockade of Strait of Hormuz as a 'dangerous and irresponsible move'

China slammed the ongoing U.S. subject blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday arsenic a "dangerous and irresponsible move." 

The remark from Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun came aft the U.S. began enforcing a blockade connected Iranian ports successful cardinal waterway astatine 10 a.m. ET connected Monday. President Donald Trump ordered the blockade aft bid talks with Tehran collapsed this weekend. 

"With the impermanent ceasefire statement inactive successful place, the United States ramped up subject deployment and resorted to a targeted blockade. This volition lone aggravate confrontation, escalate tension, undermine the already fragile ceasefire and further jeopardize harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz," Guo said. "It is simply a unsafe and irresponsible move." 

"China believes that lone a implicit ceasefire tin fundamentally make conditions for easing the situation. We impulse applicable parties to grant the ceasefire agreement, instrumentality to the absorption of peace talks and instrumentality factual actions to deescalate the concern truthful that mean postulation via the Strait volition beryllium capable to resume arsenic soon arsenic possible," helium added.

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President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Johannes Neudecker/picture confederation via Getty Images)

The White House did not instantly respond Tuesday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

The Strait of Hormuz, a constrictive waterway betwixt Iran, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, is 1 of the world’s astir captious vigor choke points. It carries roughly 20 million barrels of lipid a day, on with astir one-fifth of planetary liquefied earthy gas. 

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A vessel is seen passing done the Strait of Hormuz during a two-week impermanent ceasefire betwixt the United States and Iran connected April 8, 2026. (Shady Alassar/Anadolu/Getty Images)

US Central Command announced plans to enforce the blockade earlier Monday successful a announcement to seafarers. 

"Any vas entering oregon departing the blockaded country without authorization is taxable to interception, diversion, and capture," the enactment said.

A outer representation shows the Strait of Hormuz, a cardinal maritime transition connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, captious for planetary vigor supply. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

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Iran has condemned the blockade arsenic "piracy" and vowed to respond with force, perchance ending the fragile ceasefire with the U.S. 

Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Amanda Macias contributed to this report.