China Sails Carrier Group Through Taiwan Strait as Election Looms

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier (C) at a military drill at sea on April 18, 2018. AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI/BEIJING—China sailed its new aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Dec. 26, just weeks away from a presidential election on the island and amid heightened tension with Beijing.

The ministry didn’t say exactly when the voyage occurred.