TAIPEI: A United States warship sailed through a sensitive waterway separating Taiwan from China on Thursday (Aug 22), the US Navy said, as a way to demonstrate Washington's "commitment to upholding freedom of navigation". China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and has in recent years upped military pressures by sending in increasing numbers of fighter jets, drones and naval vessels around the island. Thursday's transit of the 180km Taiwan Strait comes as the US and its allies have