China cries provocation as US warship sails through Taiwan Strait to assert 'free and open Indo-Pacific'

Updated on : Thursday, May 20, 2021, 4:08 AM IST China cries provocation as US warship sails through Taiwan Strait to assert ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ K J M Varma Beijing China on Wednesday accused the US of resorting to provocative moves in the Taiwan Strait and undermining peace and stability in the region after an American naval ship sailed through the waterway to demonstrate Washington’s commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific”. The US Navy’s 7th Fleet said that the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur had conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Tuesday in accordance with…