Taiwanese authorities responded to the transit of the Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shandong through the Taiwan Strait by deploying appropriate forces. The carrier strike group sailed north along the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the waters north of Taiwan. The Chinese Navy's move is seen as a message to show that China can encircle Taiwan. The Shandong had recently conducted drills in the western Pacific and carried out an intensive combat exercise in the waters south of Japan's Miyako islands and east of the Philippines. The US and Canadian warships also recently made a Taiwan transit.

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