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Reuters

A US warship again sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, barely a month after a joint transit with Canada.
It was part of what the US military calls routine activity but such moves always rile Beijing, as it believes Washington is trying to stir regional tensions.
The US Navy said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Milius conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” through international waters in accordance with international law.
“The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,” it added.
There was no immediate response from Beijing.
Last month, the Chinese military condemned the United States and Canada for each sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait, saying they were threatening peace and stability in the region.


Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway territory, and has mounted repeated air force missions into the island’s air defence identification zone over the past year or so, provoking anger in Taipei.
The US, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is its most important international backer and arms supplier.
Beijing has ‘known for decades’ that US has military in Taiwan
Beijing calls Taiwan the most sensitive and important issue in its relations with Washington.
US Navy ships have been transiting the strait roughly monthly, to the anger of Beijing.
US allies occasionally also send ships through the strait, including Britain in September.


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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius in the South China Sea. It transited the Taiwan Strait on November 23. Photo: Handout

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US and Canadian warships sailed through Taiwan Strait in early October

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Dewey. Photo: US Navy via EPA

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The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey sailed through the Taiwan Strait along with a Canadian frigate. Photo: Handout via Reuters

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The US Navy said guided-missile destroyer the USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit”. Photo: AFP

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China-US relations: USS Curtis Wilbur sails through Taiwan Strait

The USS Curtis Wilbur during its transit of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday. Photo: Handout

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Milius conducted a ‘routine Taiwan Strait transit’, the US Navy said
There was no immediate response from Beijing, which sees such moves as attempts to stir regional tensions



There was no immediate response from Beijing, which sees such moves as attempts to stir regional tensions.


China’s military

US again sends warship through Taiwan Strait

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Milius conducted a ‘routine Taiwan Strait transit’, the US Navy said There was no immediate response from Beijing, which sees such moves as attempts to stir regional tensions

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Milius conducted a ‘routine Taiwan Strait transit’, the US Navy said

There was no immediate response from Beijing, which sees such moves as attempts to stir regional tensions