US Navy cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam are carrying out an operation in the Taiwan Strait, which could inflame tensions with China:
Credit:Two US Navy warships are sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait, three US officials told Reuters, the first such operation since heightened tension with China over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory against the objections of the democratically elected government in Taipei, launched military drills near the island after Ms Pelosi visited in early August, and those exercises have continued.The trip infuriated Beijing, which saw it as a US attempt to interfere in China's internal affairs.
Such operations usually take between eight and 12 hours to complete and are closely monitored by the Chinese military. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a US lawmaker on the Senate Commerce and Armed Services committees, arrived in Taiwan on Thursday on the third visit by a US dignitary this month, defying pressure from Beijing to halt the trips.
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