PLA’s advanced aircraft carrier Fujian transits Taiwan Strait amid military drills

The People’s Liberation Army’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian Type 003, transited the Taiwan-strait" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="5508" data-entity-type="location">Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, a day after Taipei launched a combat readiness exercise.Song Zhongping, a military commentator and former PLA instructor, said the Fujian could be heading back to its home port in the southern island province of Hainan for a break before it headed out to the South China Sea for more training.Taiwan’s armed forces closely monitored the vessel throughout its passage using joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets and maintained full awareness of its movements, the island’s defence ministry said on Tuesday.