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China's defense minister on Sunday defended sailing a warship in front of a U.S. destroyer and a Canadian frigate as they sailed through the Taiwan Strait, contending that the passage of the allied Western vessels on "freedom of navigation patrols" was a provocation to China.
The United States and Canada mounted the rare joint sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, with a Chinese warship then overtaking the American ship and veering across its bow from about 140 meters (131 yards) in an "unsafe manner," according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
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