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The German frigate Baden-Württemberg on Friday entered the strait between China and Taiwan, according to positional data on the internet, marking the first time in more than 20 years that a German military vessel has used the politically sensitive route. The German task force supply ship Frankfurt am Main passed together with the warship into the Taiwan Strait. China regards democratically governed Taiwan as a breakaway province, and the strait as Chinese – rather than international – waters. Earlier on Friday, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed the ship’s route at a press conference i…

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