China and Russia carry out a joint air patrol over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.

A US guided-missile destroyer almost collided with a Chinese warship in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend.

"Lately the US and the Taiwan authorities have been stepping up military collusion," said China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

The US Navy says its guided-missile destroyer, the USS Milius, sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a so-called "freedom of navigation" operation days after China staged massive military maneuvers.

A number of Chinese aircraft have reportedly conducted combat readiness patrols over the Taiwan Strait in what is seen as a response to Chinese Taipei President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the United States.

China expresses outrage after the American military flies a reconnaissance plane through the Taiwan Strait.

A US warship on Thursday sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, prompting criticism from Beijing amid frayed ties between the two countries.

The Chinese military says it has chased away a US Navy guided-missile cruiser after it "illegally intruded" into waters in the vicinity of the South China Sea's Spratly Islands.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ruled out any imminent invasion of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) by Beijing.

A US navy warship and a Canadian frigate have carried out a provocative transit through the Taiwan Strait, prompting Chinese condemnation of the move.