The USCGC Bertholf (above) and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Handout The USCGC Bertholf (above) and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Handout
The USCGC Bertholf (above) and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Handout
China /  Diplomacy

US coastguard cutter takes part in ‘freedom of navigation’ in Taiwan Strait for the first time

  • Vessel was in region as part of UN sanctions enforcement operation against North Korea, analyst says

Topic |   US-China relations
Zhenhua Lu
Zhenhua Lu

Updated: 5:41pm, 25 Mar, 2019

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The USCGC Bertholf (above) and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Handout The USCGC Bertholf (above) and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Handout
The USCGC Bertholf (above) and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur crossed the Taiwan Strait. Photo: Handout
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