Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/22
By: Chiang Chin-yeh and Kuan-lin Li
Washington, March 21 (CNA) The U.S once again reiterated Wednesday that it opposes
CNA file photo
any unilateral action that alters the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, in response to reports of China’s aircraft carrier entering Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
The statement came from a spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State, who was asked to comment on China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier making passage through the Taiwan Strait on a routine exercise.
According to Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa (嚴德發), the Liaoning entered the Taiwan Strait Tuesday, which is part of Taiwan’s ADIZ, and exited around noon the following day.
Taiwan’s military detected nothing unusual about the voyage. [FULL STORY]
