US ship sails through Taiwan Strait after threat of force from China against independence

An American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy and Taiwanese authorities said on Thursday, a day after China - which views Taiwan as a renegade province - unveiled a defence white paper threatening to use force to thwart any move towards the self-ruled island's independence, and accusing the United States of undermining global stability. It also followed an unprecedented joint Chinese-Russian air force exercise this week that triggered furious protests of airspace violations f