Newsweek:

Chinese forces shadowed American and Canadian warships as they transited the Taiwan Strait together earlier this week, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday.

USS Higgins, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy, and HMCS Vancouver, a Halifax-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy, crossed the strait on September 20, the allies confirmed in separate statements.

Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command, said naval and air forces had been dispatched to “monitor and warn” the vessels.

China claims Taiwan as its own and has vowed to seize control of the island one day, preferably peacefully but by force if necessary. Western capitals—Washington in particular—are watching the region as Taipei pledges to defend itself against Beijing, despite the ever-widening power gap between the cross-strait neighbors.

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