The U.S. Navy, affirming a Reuters report, said cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam were completing the continuous activity. Such tasks typically require 8 to 12 hours to finish and are firmly observed by China’s military.


Lately, U.S. warships, and once in a while those from allied countries like Britain and Canada, have regularly cruised through the waterway, getting under the skin of China which claims Taiwan against the objections of its democratically elected government.

Pelosi’s Taiwan trip toward the beginning of August incensed China which considered it to be a U.S. attempt to interfere in its internal affairs. China hence launched military drills close to the island which have since proceeded.

“These (U.S.) ships traveled through a corridor in the waterway that is beyond the territorial ocean of any coastal state,” the U.S. Naval force said.