Two US Navy warships sail through strategic Taiwan Strait

Taiwan is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the US-China relationship, which also include a trade war, US sanctions and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea, where the US also conducts freedom-of-navigation patrols. The voyage risks further raising tensions but will likely be viewed by self-ruled Taiwan as a sign of support from US.

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