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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

MYSTERIOUS: China says us hyped sailing of navy warship in taiwan strait - You Need To See This

ASSOCIATED PRESS

China protested Wednesday against the sailing of a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait the previous day, accusing the American side of hyping the maneuver.

The Navy's Japan-based 7th Fleet said late Tuesday that the passing of the USS Sampson through the 160-kilometer- (100-mile-) wide waterway between Taiwan and China “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

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