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MND says Chinese carrier group sailed through the Strait
By Ben Blanchard / Reuters
The navy and air force were yesterday deployed as a Chinese aircraft carrier group led by its newest carrier, the
Shandong, sailed through the Taiwan Strait, one day after USS
Mustin, a guided-missile destroyer transited the Strait.
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said the
Shandong, which was formally commissioned almost one year ago, and four warships had set out from the Chinese port of Dalian on Thursday.
After passing through the Taiwan Strait, the carrier group was continuing in a southerly direction, it added.
The Chinese Ministry of National Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but China has previously said that such trips by its carriers through the Strait are routine missions, often on their way to exercises in the South China Sea.