After US destroyer USS Dewey along with the Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese military condemned the move on Sunday.
"Dewey's and Winnipeg's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the commitment of the United States and our allies and partners to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the US military had declared.
Amid tensions with Taiwan, China's military said it carried out beach landing and assault drills near the island nation.
The PLA claimed it had carried out the drills in the southern Fujian province as sappers, troops and boats took part in the military exercise.
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