US warship sails through Taiwan Strait stirs tensions with China | World News, The Indian Express

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait stirs tensions with China | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Beijing/washington |Updated: July 25, 2019 4:20:46 pm

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait stirs tensions with China

China claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control.

U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait in the South China Sea, where the United States also conducts freedom-of-navigation patrols. (Reuters)

China expressed “deep concerns” on Thursday, over a U.S. Navy warship sailing through the Taiwan Strait, a day after Beijing warned that it was ready for war if Taiwan moved toward independence.