China-US relations: USS Curtis Wilbur sails through Taiwan Strait | South China Morning Post

A United States warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait over Beijingࢀ™s protests, in the sixth such transit near the self-ruled island under US President Joe Bidenࢀ™s administration. The USS Curtis Wilbur, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, conducted a ࢀœroutine transitࢀ through the strategic waterway that separates Taiwan from mainland China on Tuesday to ࢀœdemonstrate the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacificࢀ, according to a US Navy statement. ࢀœThe United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,ࢀ it said. It was the sixth transit by the US Navy since Biden took office. Washington has made…