Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong spotted sailing in Taiwan Strait

A naval formation led by China's Shandong aircraft carrier has been sailing through the Taiwan Strait, the island's Defense Ministry said Thursday, prompting it to dispatch "appropriate forces" to monitor the situation.The fleet entered the strait dividing the mainland and the self-ruled island Wednesday afternoon and sailed in a northerly direction along the median line, a boundary both sides had tacitly respected for decades but which China has recently ignored.As of 8 a.m., the group of Chinese vessels was continuing to sail north, the ministry added.The situation comes as Taiwan's Forei…READ FULL ARTICLE