{"id":4521,"date":"2018-11-30T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2018-11-30T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:58:31","slug":"us-sends-warships-through-taiwan-straits-ahead-of-xi-trump-talks-at-g20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/11\/30\/us-sends-warships-through-taiwan-straits-ahead-of-xi-trump-talks-at-g20\/","title":{"rendered":"US SENDS WARSHIPS THROUGH TAIWAN STRAITS AHEAD OF XI-TRUMP TALKS AT G20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4522\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-560x400.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-260x186.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/11\/ARLEIGH-BURKE-160x114.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: World Tribune<\/p>\n<p>Two U.S. Navy warships transited the Taiwan Strait on Nov. 28, on the eve of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p>The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale, accompanied by the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos, transited the strait between mainland China and Taiwan, U.S. Pacific Fleet told Business Insider in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ships\u2019 transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d Pacific Fleet spokesman Dave Werner said in the statement. \u201cThe U.S. Navy will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Xi will meet over dinner on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/u-s-sends-warships-through-taiwan-strait-ahead-of-xi-trump-talks-at-g20\/?fbclid=IwAR0yDvPInaxfyl3pBI3B26ZgDcO2wcOsdp108Gfug2Yk04lGEODGw_9B8oo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: World Tribune Two U.S. Navy warships transited the Taiwan Strait on Nov. 28, on the eve of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale, accompanied by the Henry J. 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