China expresses concern to U.S. over Taiwan Strait warship operation

Reuters

23 October 2018 at 3:17 am

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it has expressed deep concern to the United States after Washington sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait in the second such operation this year.

Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a daily news briefing in Beijing.

China claims democratic and self-ruled Taiwan as its own.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Writing by Christian Shepherd; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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