The USS William P. Lawrence, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, April 23, in what the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command described as a routine operation conducted under international law, according to Newsweek. Private tracking platforms confirmed the ship’s route. Data showed the destroyer activated its Automatic Identification System, or AIS, at the start of the transit and turned it off near the end, according to local reports.
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China tracks US warship as it crosses Taiwan Strait, calls transit ‘hyped’

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U.S. warship quietly transits Taiwan Strait; China tracks the move and says U.S. is provoking tensions amid rising regional pressure.

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