Two American destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait, reports Reuters citing the Ministry of defense. according to the Agency, involved the destroyer "William Lawrence" and " Statham ". over the past period of time on the background of the difficult trade negotiations, the U.S. and China, American ships and military aircraft many times followed through the Taiwan Strait, which caused the protest of Beijing. Official relations between the Central government of China and the island province was interrupted in 1949 after the fact, how the vanquished in the civil war With the Communist party of China Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between Taiwan and mainland China resumed at the end of 1980-ies. Since the early 1990-ies, the parties began to communicate through non-governmental organizations, the Beijing Association for the development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and Taipei Fund exchanges across the Strait. <span style="color:darkgray