Taiwan Sees Most U.S. Navy Sail-Bys Since Trump Took Office

An American warship’s sail past Taiwan was the sixth such voyage this year -- the most since President Donald Trump took office -- as the U.S. ramps up military support for the democratically run island.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam completed a transit through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, Seventh Fleet spokesman Clay Doss said, adding that it “demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. China, which views such passages as provocative because they reaffirm American support for Taipei, urged Washington to “avoid undermining China-U.S. relations and the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”