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SCMP: US warship sails through Taiwan Strait in ‘routine’ operation
* Operation weeks before Taiwan presidential election likely to be seen as provocative by Beijing
* Washington has upped the frequency of its transits, which Taipei welcomes as a sign of growing support
A US Navy warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in what it called a “routine” operation, continuing an exercise by Washington to exert influence in the region and in a tense period ahead of Taiwan’s critical presidential election.
The USS Chancellorsville, a guided-missile cruiser, conducted its transit through the strategic waterway in a demonstration of “the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific”, the US Navy said in a statement early on Wednesday.
“The US Navy will continue to operate anywhere international law allows,” it said.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said the US warship had sailed freely through the Taiwan Strait from the north before turning through the Bashi Channel near the southernmost tip of Taiwan.
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