US Navy transits Taiwan Strait after China military drills

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TAIPEI: A US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday (May 10), shortly after China carried out drills near the island and the second time in two weeks the US military has transited the waterway. The US Navy\u0027s 7th Fleet said the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal conducted a \u0022r

TAIPEI: A US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday , shortly after China carried out drills near the island and the second time in two weeks the US military has transited the waterway.

"The ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State," it said in a statement. Taiwan's Defence Ministry said the US ship sailed north through the strait, and that the situation in the waterway was"as normal".

 

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