China's military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese aircraft carrier joining combat patrols as Taipei reported another surge of warplanes near the island
on Saturday, after Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen returned to Taipei following a meeting in Los Angeles with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The Eastern Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army said the aircraft carrier the Shandong also took part in combat patrols, and showed fighters taking off from its deck.Taiwan's defence ministry published a map on Monday of the previous 24 hours of Chinese air force activities, showing four carrier-based Chinese J-15 fighters operating over the Pacific Ocean to Taiwan's east.
Japan has been following China's military drills around Taiwan "with great interest", a top government spokesperson said on Monday. "The missiles are in good condition," an unidentified voice says, as the video shows images from the cockpit.
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