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2 US Navy cruisers sail through the Taiwan Strait

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HONG KONG — The U.S. Navy said that two of its warships were sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such passage by American ships since China began large-scale military exercises in response to a visit to Taiwan by Speaker Nancy Pelosi early this month.

The guided-missile cruisers Antietam and Chancellorsville were conducting what the Navy’s Seventh Fleet called “a routine Taiwan Strait transit.” American officials said this month that the Navy would continue to operate around Taiwan, despite China’s claims to control the waterway.

 
No Warnings this time ?
The Taiwan Strait is 190km wide and is a public waterway in accordance with international law. We have no reason to block it. We can only send warships to accompany them.

Chinese warships also frequently cross the English Channel and the Osumi-kaikyo.


 
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