Earlier on Wednesday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had spotted the same Foreign aircraft carrier group traveling through waters off its east coast in the direction of Yonaguni, Japan’s southern area, which is about 110km south of Taiwan.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory, has been staging regular exercises around the island for five years to pressure it to accept Beijing’s claim of sovereignty, despite Taipei’s strong objections.
The ministry reported that on Wednesday, Chinese ships were spotted sailing through Taiwan’s waters in the early hours of the morning, led by Liaoning, the oldest of China’s three aircraft carriers.
Taiwan tracked the ships and sent its forces to monitor, it said. China’s defence ministry did not answer calls seeking comment.  ,