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Taiwan says Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense tracked the Fujian's first Taiwan Strait transit since commissioning with no aircraft aboard, amid record PLA sorties in the region this year.

  • On Dec. 17, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said it closely monitored the Fujian's passage through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday and reported the sighting officially.
  • China's state media reported the Fujian entered service on Nov. 5 during a handover presided over by Chinese President Xi Jinping; it is the PLA Navy's third carrier and first domestically designed with catapult-assisted take-offs.
  • Taiwan's military published a grainy black-and-white image showing no aircraft on the Fujian's flight deck, with the Ministry of National Defense not specifying where the surveillance photograph was taken.
  • Taiwan's defence ministry said the deployment included a joint combat readiness patrol involving 23 warplanes and warships and nine sorties from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, five entering Taiwan's ADIZ.
  • Observers note the movement fits a broader pattern of PLA activity, with 3,467 sorties crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait, amid ongoing pressure on Taiwan.
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Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MDN) reported on Wednesday that the new Chinese aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed the day before through Taiwan Strait waters, in an unusual type of report by the military portfolio, which rarely details individual transits of large warships. “The Communist Party of China’s Fujian aircraft carrier (CV-18) sailed yesterday (day 16) through the Taiwan Strait, under close and continuous surveillance by the …

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Taiwan says Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait

In September, the same carrier sailed through the Taiwan Strait and into the disputed South China Sea during trials.

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Taipei Times broke the news in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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