US Warship Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait

The USS Chung-Hoon passes the USS Arizona Memorial during ceremonies honoring the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu on Dec. 7, 2014. Hugh Gentry/Reuters

WASHINGTON—A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which has riled China.

In recent years, U.S. warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and Canada, have sailed through the strait, drawing the ire of the Chinese communist regime, which claims Taiwan against the objections of its democratically elected government.