China 'fully monitors' U.S., Canadian warships' transit through Taiwan Straits
China 'fully monitors' U.S., Canadian warships' transit through Taiwan Straits
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China 'fully monitors' U.S., Canadian warships' transit through Taiwan Straits
USS Ralph Johnson, Canada's HMCS Ottawa conduct ‘routine’ transit through Strait, says US Navy.
China recently conducted multiple military exercises with countries including Thailand, Singapore and Pakistan that enhanced joint operational capabilities and deepened friendship, and by comparison, concurrent US and Canadian provocations in the Taiwan Straits and Philippine's trespassing in the South China Sea were insignificant, experts said on Sunday.
The U.S. routinely sails through the strait in what it calls “freedom of navigation” operations.
HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. CBC News was aboard the ship.