China Sails Military Carriers Through Taiwan Strait as Taiwan Election Campaign Picks up Pace

Chinese J-15 fighter jets being launched from the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the Yellow Sea, off China's east coast on December 23, 2016. STR/AFP/Getty Images

TAIPEI—China has sailed a carrier group into the sensitive Taiwan Strait led by its first domestically built aircraft carrier, as election campaigning kicked into high gear on the self-ruled island on Nov. 17.

Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said they would not be intimidated.