Chinese warship passed in ‘unsafe manner’ near US destroyer in Taiwan Strait, say military officials

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A Chinese vessel approached within 150 yards (137 metres) of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in “an unsafe manner,” according to US military sources, as China accused the US of “deliberately provoking risk” in the region. The US and Canadian navies were conducting a joint exercise in the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island of Taiwan and China, on Saturday when a Chinese ship cut in front of the US guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon, forcing it to slow down to avoid a collision, according to the US Indo-Pacific Command. Since the defeated Republic of China government retreated to the...