taiwan strait: US warship transits Taiwan Strait after Biden-Xi summit


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AFP A US warship sailed through the strait separating Taiwan and China on Tuesday, the navy said, the first such passage since leaders from the two rival superpowers held a video summit. The passage through the Taiwan Strait by the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Milius was a routine transit, the US Seventh Fleet said. The voyage, the 11th declared freedom of navigation exercise of the year, "demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," it said in a statement. The latest transit came after US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping traded strong warnings on...