China-US relations: USS Curtis Wilbur sails by Taiwan Strait – NEWPAPER24

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China-US relations: USS Curtis Wilbur sails by Taiwan Strait 2021-06-23 06:00:12 A United States warship sailed by the delicate Taiwan Strait over Beijing’s protests, within the sixth such transit close to the self-ruled island underneath US President Joe Biden’s administration.The USS Curtis Wilbur, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, performed a “routine transit” by the strategic waterway that separates Taiwan from mainland China on Tuesday to “display the US dedication to a free and open Indo-Pacific”, in response to a US Navy assertion.“The USA…