After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait.

As HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, it was flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. They mirrored Ottawa’s moves for the entire 17-hour crossing.

Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.

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Taiwan claims those waters as well…

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Most people don’t understand that both People’s Republic of China (“China”) and Republic of China (“Taiwan”) claim the same borders and territory and pretend “Taiwan” is being opressed.

I am sure if the ROC defeated PRC in the civil war the issues of Tibet, the strait and the South China Sea would be just given to China because China would be a US ally and NATO member along side being a permanent UN security seat member

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China would be a US ally and NATO member

I didn’t know China was located in the Atlantic.

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Correct. They’d be a Major non-NATO ally:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally

On a close relationship like Japan and Republic of Korea

But other than that, my point still stands.

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