U.S. Navy Sails Warship Through The Taiwan Strait After China Warned Taiwan That It Would Use Force To Block Independence

CNN: US Navy sails warship through contested waterway as Beijing warns Taiwan

Washington (CNN)The US Navy sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, a move that came on the same day Beijing warned that it would not rule out using force against self-governed Taiwan to block any move toward formal independence.

The "USS Antietam conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit July 24-25 (local time) in accordance with international law," Cdr. Clay Doss, a spokesman for the US Navy's Seventh Fleet, told CNN in a statement

"The ships' transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," he added, saying "The US Navy will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows."

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Update: US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid China tensions (FOX News).

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