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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sailed Through Taiwan Strait, Taipei Says
Taiwan said it tracked the carrier closely as four Chinese aircraft crossed the median line into its air defense identification zone, officials said.
- On Monday, April 20, China's aircraft carrier Liaoning transited the sensitive Taiwan Strait, marking the first such passage by this class of vessel since late last year, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense confirmed.
- Beijing asserts sovereignty over Taiwan, which it considers its own territory, and has recently ramped up military pressure that Taipei interprets as a sustained campaign against its democratically elected government.
- The Ministry released a surveillance photograph of the approximately 300-meter-long Liaoning, the oldest of China's three operating aircraft carriers, showing fighter jets and helicopters on its deck.
- Taiwan's armed forces maintained "close and continuous surveillance throughout" the passage, while the ministry detected five Chinese aircraft and 12 vessels operating around the island between Sunday and Monday.
- China claims exclusive sovereignty over the waterway, a position rejected by Taipei and Washington, which view the strait as international waters.
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