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

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Tensions rise as US and Chinese warships narrowly avoid collision in Taiwan Strait.
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The US military released a video showing a "unsafe" Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the US vessel to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred during a "freedom of navigation" transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The US Indo-Pacific Command said the actions violated maritime rules of safe passage in international water.

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