China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea in this undated photo. REUTERS/Stringer
DW: Chinese aircraft carrier sails out of Taiwan Strait
China and Taiwan have reported that China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed out of the Taiwan Strait. Its passage through the waters dividing the mainland from the island had raised tensions.
In a statement posted on the Chinese defense ministry's website, a spokesman for China's army said the Liaoning carrier group was "visiting the South China Sea to conduct cross-maritime region drills and tests, has passed through the Taiwan Strait and continues with its further duties."
Beijing also said that the carrier's passage through the strait fully compiled with international law.
Taiwanese news outlet Focus Taiwan also reported that the Liaoning completed its passage at 06:30 a.m. local time (2330 UTC).
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