Britain's HMS Richmond had been deployed in the East China Sea taking part in United Nations sanctions enforcement operations against North Korea. - HMS RICHMOND/TWITTER
BEIJING (Reuters): A British frigate was sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Monday (Sept 27) en route to Vietnam, according to an official tweet from the vessel, in a move likely to anger Beijing amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure to force the democratically ruled island to accept Chinese sovereignty.
