US warship tailed in Taiwan Strait: Chinese military

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US warship tailed in Taiwan Strait: Chinese military China’s military tailed a US warship as it passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday. The Chinese military announced that it tailed a US warship as it passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, Reuters reported. It denounced such missions as sending “flirtatious glances” to supporters of Taiwan independence. The US Navy said the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin had conducted “a routine Taiwan Strait transit (on) Dec. 19 in accordance with international law”. “The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,”...