TAIPEI ¨C China¡¯s military sometimes simulates attacks on foreign naval vessels in the Taiwan Strait, and Taiwan shares intelligence with international partners when they operate in those waters, a senior Taiwan security official said on Wednesday.
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own, says it alone exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction over the strait, a major trade route for about half of global container ships.
Both the United States and Taiwan say the strait is an international waterway, however.
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