Taiwan's defense ministry asserts that the Taiwan Strait is not under China's sovereignty and that any attempts to create tension threaten global security. This statement follows Beijing's criticism of Canada for sailing a warship through the waterway.
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The US Navy and occasionally ships from allied countries like Canada, Britain and France, transit the strait, which they consider an international waterway, around once a month. “The Taiwan Strait is absolutely not within the scope of China’s sovereignty,” the ministry said in a statement. “Any deliberate attempts by the communist’s military to create tension in the Taiwan Strait will pose a real threat to global security.”
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