US and Canadian warships transit Taiwan Strait after Beijing’s war games

The US and Canadian navies conducted a joint exercise (Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Hale/U.S. Navy via AP)

US and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait, almost a week after China held massive war games around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory.

The destroyer USS Higgins and the Canadian frigate HMCS Vancouver made a “routine” transit of the Taiwan Strait meant to uphold the principle of freedom of navigation for all countries, the US navy’s 7th fleet said.