Taiwan displays Chinese language service group in delicate Taiwan Strait By Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s army has despatched forces to maintain watch on a Chinese language naval formation led by the plane service Shandong crusing by the delicate Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defence ministry stated on Thursday.

The Shandong participated in Chinese language army drills round Taiwan in April, and once more entered the Pacific final month.

The ministry stated in a press release that the formation led by the Shandong entered the slim Taiwan Strait on Wednesday afternoon crusing in a northerly course however retaining to the Chinese language aspect of the waterway’s median line, an unofficial barrier between the 2.

As of Thursday morning, it was persevering with to sail northwards, the ministry added.

Taiwan has dispatched “applicable” forces to maintain watch, it stated, with out elaborating.

Japan’s defence ministry stated on Monday that the Shandong and different naval ships had sailed to the South China Sea after conducting touchdown drills within the Pacific Ocean for 9 days.

China, which has by no means renounced the usage of drive to carry Taiwan beneath its management, has stepped up army exercise close to the democratically ruled island, responding to what it calls “collusion” between Taiwan and the USA.

Taiwan’s authorities strongly rejects Beijing’s sovereignty declare.