Taiwan says Australian warship sailed through sensitive Taiwan Strait close to China

Incident comes after maritime altercation between Chinese and Australian warships off Japan’s coast last week that injured navy divers

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Taiwan says an Australian warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the sensitive and narrow waterway that separates the democratically governed island from China.

The ship, which it did not name, entered the strait on Thursday and sailed in a southerly direction, the ministry said on Friday.