Analysts say Chinese drills in the western Pacific are Beijing’s largest-ever manoeuvres involving an aircraft carrier.
China has launched drills in the western Pacific involving its Shandong aircraft carrier and dozens of warplanes, according to Taiwan’s defence ministry, in exercises analysts described as Beijing’s “largest” such manoeuvres in the region.
The report came on Wednesday as Beijing, which views self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, steps up military and political…