US Warship Transits Taiwan Strait a Week After Large Chinese Air Incursion

US Warship Transits Taiwan Strait a Week After Large Chinese Air Incursion
The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur patrols in the Philippine Sea on Aug. 15, 2013. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Declan Barnes/Handout via Reuters
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BEIJING/TAIPEI—A U.S. warship has again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from China, a week after the self-ruled island reported the largest incursion here to date of Chinese air force jets in Taiwan’s air defence zone.

The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Tuesday in accordance with international law.