Chinese Carrier Group Navigates Taiwan Straits Tensions

A Chinese aircraft carrier group navigated south of Taiwan through the Bashi channel, a strategic passage linked to the contested South China Sea. The move was part of a military drill, escalating tensions with Taiwan, which resists China's assertions of sovereignty over the island.

A Chinese aircraft carrier group moved through the Bashi channel south of Taiwan on Sunday, as reported by Taiwan's Defence Ministry. This strategic waterway connects the disputed South China Sea to the Pacific, heightening regional tensions.

The Eastern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army posted a video of the military exercise on WeChat the same day. Democratic Taiwan, often seeing increased Chinese military activities, remains firm in its rejection of Beijing's sovereignty claims over the island.

The strategic maneuvers are the latest in a series of actions which Taiwan perceives as provocations. The island nation has consistently expressed its opposition to China's claims, emphasizing its self-governed status.

(With inputs from agencies.)