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China Sends Liaoning into Japan’s EEZ and Positions Fujian in Yellow Sea PMZ

Japan responded by dispatching the destroyer Haguro after filing a diplomatic protest to monitor the carrier’s flight drills.

China's aircraft carrier Liaoning departs Hong Kong, China, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. Picture taken April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning sails into Hong Kong for a port call on July 7, 2017.

Overview

  • The Liaoning and three escort ships entered Japan’s exclusive economic zone near Minamitori island on June 7, marking the first carrier presence in that area.
  • After exiting the EEZ on June 8, the Liaoning conducted fighter jet and helicopter take-off and landing drills, according to Japan’s defence ministry.
  • Japan deployed the destroyer Haguro to shadow the task group and formally conveyed its objections to Beijing over the incursion.
  • China’s newest carrier, the Fujian, carried out flight operations in the Yellow Sea’s Provisional Measures Zone from May 22 to 28, the first such deployment in that disputed area.
  • US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s public remarks on possible troop reductions in South Korea underscore a wider American review of its Indo-Pacific security commitments.