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US Warship Sails Through Waterway Separating China and Taiwan

VOA News

   A U.S. Navy warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on
   Wednesday.

   The U.S. Pacific Fleet posted a message on its Facebook page with a
   picture of the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell navigating
   through the narrow waterway that separates China from Taiwan.

   The fleet said the USS McCampbell was sailing through the Strait as
   "part of ongoing operations in the Indo-Pacific."

   Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the destroyer was sailing southward off
   its western coast during a routine mission but provided no other
   details.

   Tensions are simmering between China and Taiwan, a self-ruled island
   that Beijing considers a breakaway province that belongs under its
   control. China has conducted numerous sea and air exercises near Taiwan
   in recent years and has been angered over U.S. naval exercises near the
   island and the Trump administration's strong support for Taipei.

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