Stars and Stripes:

The United States sailed a guided-missile cruiser through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, three days after flying an Air Force tanker over the contentious area, officials said.

The USS Chancellorsville’s transit through the 110-mile-wide waterway that separates Taiwan from mainland China “demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” 7th Fleet spokesman Lt. Joe Keiley told Stars and Stripes in an email Sunday.

“The U.S. Navy will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows,” he added.

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