TAIPEI — Warships from the United States and Canada have passed through waters separating Taiwan and China, a week after Beijing held large-scale military drills in the sensitive passage.
The US and its allies regularly cross through the 180-kilometer Taiwan Strait to reinforce its status as an international waterway, angering Beijing.China's Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan , but it claims the island as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it under its control.
''The PLA Eastern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to monitor and remain on alert throughout the transit, handling the situation according to laws and regulations,' military spokesman Capt. Li Xi said in a statement, using the acronym of the People's Liberation Army.Taiwan's Defense Ministry said on Monday the US and Canadian ships traveled 'from south to north' of the strait, and the situation in the surrounding sea and airspace 'remained normal.
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