US, Canadian navy ships sail through Taiwan Strait week after China war games

FILE - In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit Sept. 20, 2022. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo/U.S. Navy via AP)

A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait together Sunday less than a week after China conducted a new round of war games around the island, with Beijing denouncing the mission as "disruptive."