Beijing lodges protest as US warships sail through Taiwan Strait
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Tensions between expansionist China and United States once again started to rise as two US warships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait triggering a protest from Beijing. The transit by US warships comes two weeks after a Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the strait. As per the US Navy, guided-missile destroyers USS John S. McCain and USS Curtis Wilbur had “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit December 31."