China says US threatens peace while warship crosses Taiwan Strait Politics News The USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the strait on Tuesday in what the U.S. described as a “normal” transition. China has accused the U.S. of threatening the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait after the U.S. warship sailed across the seas that separate Taiwan and its giant neighbor. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said Arleigh Burke-class guided missiles were carried by the USS Curtis Wilbur on Tuesday as a “regular passage of the Taiwan Strait” under international law. “The passage of the ship across the Taiwan Strait demonstrates its commitment to the free and open Indo-Pacific of the United States,” he said in a statement on his website. “The U.S. military will continue to fly, navigate and operate wherever international law allows.”