Asia & Pacific

US Sends Fleet Destroyer Through Taiwan Strait, China Sends Warning

‘The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,’ U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet stated.
US Sends Fleet Destroyer Through Taiwan Strait, China Sends Warning
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts routine underway operations in the Taiwan Strait on Sept. 9, 2023. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell/U.S. Navy via AP
Catherine Yang
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The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said that the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson passed through the Taiwan Strait on Aug. 22, prompting a warning from China.

The strait is a narrow waterway separating China and Taiwan by about 80 miles, where the Chinese military has been regularly conducting exercises while increasing its rhetoric about seizing Taiwan.

Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.