China's Aircraft Carrier Is On The Move Again

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea, in this undated photo taken December, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo

Reuters: Taiwan scrambles jets, navy as China aircraft carrier enters Taiwan Strait

Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships on Wednesday as a group of Chinese warships led by China's sole aircraft carrier sailed north through the Taiwan Strait, the latest sign of heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled Taiwan.

The Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier, returning from exercises in the South China Sea, was not trespassing in Taiwan's territorial waters but entered its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the southwest, Taiwan's defense ministry said.

As a result Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships to "surveil and control" the passage of the Chinese ships through the narrow body of water separating Taiwan and China.

"We have full grasp of its movements," Taiwan defense ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi said.

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Update: Taiwan scrambles jets as PLA aircraft carrier crosses Taiwan Straits (Global Times).

WNU Editor: The Chinese military has been busy of late .... Chinese bomber flies round contested Spratlys in show of force: U.S. official (Reuters). Also here .... Chinese Warplanes Cross Into The Korea Strait Prompting A Major Response From South Korea And Japan (January 10, 2017).