Revived tension with Taiwan

On December 25, the first Chinese aircraft carrier, named Liaoning sailed to Western Pacific. It’s like a routine exercise in distant sea waters, state media report. They didn’t give any information about the localisation, duration, distance of the mission.
This has created a new source of tension with Taiwan, although the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that it is training-as-usual for the Chinese Navy formation.

Japan’s defence ministry has been monitoring the Liaoning with a fleet of eight Chinese warships, although there was no incursion into Japanese waters.

In November China announced the Liaoning will be ready and prepared to engage in fighting This month the mission was a combat condition drill.
However, the United States carrier operation is always advanced and upper.

Mathilde