Tensions rise as US and Chinese warships narrowly avoid collision in Taiwan Strait.

The US Navy has released a video of a Chinese navy ship cutting sharply across the path of an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, forcing the US vessel to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred as the American destroyer and Canadian frigate were conducting a "freedom of navigation" transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The Chinese ship overtook the American destroyer on its port side then veered across its bow at a distance of some 150 yards, violating maritime rules of safe passage in international waters. The incident has raised concerns of a possible accident that could lead to an escalation between the two countries' militaries at a time when tensions in the region are already high.