A US warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the United States navy said, in the first such voyage since the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on Thursday conducted a routine transit through the waterway separating the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, the US Seventh Fleet said in a statement.
US warships periodically conduct navigation exercises in the strait, often triggering angry responses from China which claims Taiwan as part of its territory.
Beijing views any ships passing through the strait as essentially a breach of its sovereignty – while the US and many other nations view the route as international waters open to all.
The voyage by the USS John S McCain “demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific”, the Seventh Fleet statement said.
“The United States military will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows.”
Taiwan’s defence ministry confirmed the journey without identifying the vessel...
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