Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong passed close to the northern Philippines on its way to drills in the Pacific, Taiwan claimed. Taiwan’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo said Shandong “did not pass through the Bashi Channel”, the route usually taken by Chinese ships. The Bashi Channel is a waterway separating Taiwan from the Philippines. The Chinese carrier group “went further south, through the Balintang Channel” between the Philippines’ Batanes and Babuyan Islands. The Philippines military said it was concerned with the deployment of the Chinese carrier group. Watch the video to find out more.
