Taipei: Three Chinese ships, including the Shandong aircraft carrier, passed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday (May 27), the island's Ministry of National Defence said. China claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as its territory, and has vowed to take it one day - by force if necessary. Since
Taipei: Three Chinese ships, including the Shandong aircraft carrier, passed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday , the island's Ministry of National Defence said.
Since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen - who rejects that the island is part of China - was elected in 2016, Beijing has ramped up air and sea incursions around the island. "A flotilla of 3 ships, led by the Shangdong aircraft carrier, passed through the Taiwan Strait around noon today," the ministry said in a statement, referring to China's navy.
Saturday's latest show of force from Beijing comes more than a month after China launched aerial and naval exercises around the island.
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