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		</div><p>China accused the US of staging a show of force by sailing two navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning.</p>
<p>The US Navy said the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS John S McCain and USS Curtis Wilbur “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit” in accordance with international law.</p>
<p>Their movement “demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific”, the navy said in a statement on its website.</p>
<p>China’s Defence Ministry called the move a “show of force” and a provocation that “sent the wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan independence forces’ and seriously endangered peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait area”.</p>
<p>“We firmly oppose this,” the ministry said in a statement on its official microblog, adding that it monitored the ships’ passage from the air and sea.</p>
<p>“The Chinese People’s Liberation Army at all times maintains a high level of alert and can respond at any time to any threat or provocation and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”</p>
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<p>While China claims Taiwan as its own territory, the busy Taiwan Strait is generally considered an international waterway. China fiercely opposes any signal of US military support for Taiwan, a self-governing republic that relies on Washington for defensive weapons and political backing in the face of Chinese threats to annex the island by force.</p>
<p>Taiwan’s Defence Ministry issued a statement saying it had observed the passage of the ships passage and that “the situation is normal”.</p>
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