The latest mission's timing is extra sensitive, given it takes place ahead of the May 20 inauguration of Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te, a man whom China says is a dangerous separatist
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China claims sovereignty over democratically governed Taiwan, and says it has jurisdiction over the strait. Taiwan and the United States dispute that, saying the Taiwan Strait is an international waterway. The US Navy’s 7th Fleet said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Wednesday “through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law”.
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