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China tells US to respect its territorial integrity after USS Shiloh sails through Taiwan Strait Guided-missile cruiser headed north through the strategic waterway in a show of ‘the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific’ It follows President Tsai Ing-wen’s landslide victory last weekend, after she campaigned on administration’s ‘record high’ relations with WashingtonSarah Zheng 17 Jan, 2020China said it closely followed and monitored a US Navy warship sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, calling on the US to respect China’s territorial integrity.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the remarks after the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit†on Thursday in the wake of the island’s presidential election.“The issue of Taiwan is about China’s territorial integrity, and the most important and sensitive issue for China-US relations,†Geng said, adding the US should abide by the one-China principle.Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3046502/us-navy-warship-sails-through-taiwan-strait-routine-transit