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China protests Japanese warship passage through Taiwan Strait

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Summary

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Friday. China's military tracked the vessel and called the transit a 'deliberate provocation,' while defending its own military activities around Taiwan as 'reasonable and justified.'

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