News Snapshot:
BEIJING (REUTERS) - China blamed the United States on Thursday (April 8) for tensions over Taiwan after a US warship sailed close to the Chinese-claimed island, asking rhetorically whether the Chinese would sail in the Gulf of Mexico as a "show of strength". Taiwan has complained of repeated military activities by Beijing in recent months, with China's air force making almost daily forays into the island's air defence identification zone. On Monday, China said an aircraft carrier group was exercising close to the island, and on Wednesday, a US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait that separates the island...
