Chinese aircraft carrier follows US warship through Taiwan Strait

Shandong and four escort ships traverse same patch of water as tensions rise

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The Shandong is China's first domestically built aircraft carrier. (Xinhua via Kyodo)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia chief desk editor

NEW YORK -- China's homegrown aircraft carrier Shandong has passed through the Taiwan Strait to conduct training in the South China Sea, the People's Liberation Army Navy said Monday.

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