U.S. warship passes through Taiwan Strait, triggers backlash from China

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait to demonstrate the country's "commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the navy said Thursday, amid China's growing aggressiveness against self-ruled Taiwan.The U.S. Pacific Fleet said that the Chung-Hoon had conducted a routine transit through the waterway the same day, triggering a backlash from the Chinese military on Friday."The ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State," the U.S. 7th Fleet said ahead of China's anticipated response that the passage was…READ FULL ARTICLE