The U.S. sent a Navy warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait over the weekend, causing China to complain about what it called a move that jeopardizes peace and security in the region.
On Saturday, the USS Mustin, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, went through the strait, a 110-mile wide body of water separating Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China.
“The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” according to a statement from the U.S. 7th Fleet. “The United States military will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows.”
A spokesman for China’s People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command told the South China Morning Post that U.S. ships are sailing through the strait to “intentionally elevate the intensity of the Taiwan issue.”
China has always claimed ownership of Taiwan and has not ruled out taking the island by military force…
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