The US warship USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in what the US Navy described as a ‘routine’ transit, just days after China ended its latest war games around the island
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius , deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, conducts underway operations, at an undisclosed location in South China Sea, in this handout picture released on April 10, 2023. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
It staged the drills to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, viewing it as an interference in China's internal affairs and U.S. support for Taiwan's separate identity from China The ship's transit demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, it added.
China has continued its military activities around Taiwan since the drills ended, though on a reduced scale.
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