Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/27
By: Claudia Liu and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) confirmed Tuesday that Taiwanese fighter jets were deployed and took photos of China’s first aircraft carrier as it sailed in waters off eastern Taiwan recently.

Feng said the military has many ways to conduct reconnaissance and collect information, and sending fighter jets to monitor the movement of the Liaoning and its escorting ships was one of them.

Asked why the military did not publish the photos of the Chinese ships as Japanese Self-Defense Forces did, Feng said it was not necessary.

Feng said China had said beforehand that it would conduct far-sea training, and because the Japanese Self-Defense Forces published photos of the mission, “there is no need for us to do so.”   [FULL  STORY]