US warship sails through Taiwan Strait days after China surrounded the island and simulated an invasion

 

The U.S. warship USS Milius made a “routine” transit through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, April 16, just a few days after China ended its most recent invasion war games on the island.

China, which considers Taiwan to be its own territory, officially came to an end on Monday, April 10, after conducting precision strikes and blockades of Taiwan for three days.

The U.S. warship USS Milius made a “routine” transit through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, April 16, just a few days after China ended its most recent invasion war games on the island.

China, which considers Taiwan to be its own territory, officially came to an end on Monday, April 10, after conducting precision strikes and blockades of Taiwan for three days.

The drills were arranged by China to communicate outrage at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s gathering with U.S. Place of Agents Speaker Kevin McCarthy, seeing it as an obstruction in China’s inside issues and U.S. support for Taiwan’s different personality from China.

China has always used force to take control of Taiwan, which is democratically governed.

Taiwan’s government rejects China’s territorial claims, and says only the island’s people can decide their future.

On Monday, April 17, the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” through waters “where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law”.