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China claims ownership of the Taiwan Strait. Canada just sailed a warship through it (www.cbc.ca)
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After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait.

As HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, it was flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. They mirrored Ottawa's moves for the entire 17-hour crossing.

Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.

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[–] saltesc 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, the CCP showed up to accompany them. That's nice to know for anyone else thinking of making the trip solo. With such support, I expect we'll see more people making the sail without needing to worry.

And here I was under the impression that the CCP was all against China since it claimed ownership of the mainland bit. Maybe they'll give it back to China.

[–] from_the_black_lagoon 1 points 1 year ago

They were with US middle destroyer, so not exactly solo