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The Chinese military has been put on alert after US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait, Shi Yi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), said in a statement on Sunday. Beijing has reportedly slammed the US Navy’s freedom of navigation missions in the Taiwan Strait as provocations, which the Chinese government claims ride roughshod over China’s territorial integrity. The hostile US Navy cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam sailed through the Taiwan Strait on August 28th, getting everyone’s attention. Units of the PLA Eastern Combat Command escorted the US cruisers, exercising full control over their...
