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

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

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

"With nan impermanent ceasefire statement still successful place, nan United States ramped up subject deployment and resorted to a targeted blockade. This will only aggravate confrontation, escalate tension, undermine nan already fragile ceasefire and further jeopardize safe transition done nan Strait of Hormuz," Guo said. "It is simply a vulnerable and irresponsible move." 

"China believes that only a complete ceasefire tin fundamentally create conditions for easing nan situation. We impulse applicable parties to grant nan ceasefire agreement, instrumentality to nan guidance of peace talks and return actual actions to deescalate nan business truthful that normal postulation via nan Strait will beryllium capable to resume arsenic soon arsenic possible," he 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 nan United Arab Emirates, is 1 of nan world’s astir captious power choke points. It carries roughly 20 million barrels of lipid a day, on pinch astir one-fifth of world liquefied earthy gas. 

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

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

"Any alloy entering aliases departing nan blockaded area without authorization is taxable to interception, diversion, and capture," nan statement said.

A outer image shows nan Strait of Hormuz, a cardinal maritime transition connecting nan Persian Gulf to nan Gulf of Oman, captious for world power supply. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

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Iran has condemned nan blockade arsenic "piracy" and vowed to respond pinch force, perchance ending nan vulnerable ceasefire pinch nan U.S. 

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