TAIPEI --- A pair of U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, Taiwan's defense ministry said Monday, in a move likely to spark protest from Beijing. The ministry said the ships made the passage on Sunday, sailing from south to north through the waterway that divides the self-governing island from mainland China. Beijing frequently objects to the movement of foreign military vessels in the strait based on its claim to Taiwan as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. In the statement, Taiwan's defense ministry said U.S. ships were free to sail through the Taiwan Strait as part of th...
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