TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Wednesday it had scrambled jets and sent ships to track a Chinese aircraft carrier which passed through the Taiwan Strait as Beijing's leader gave the island a fierce warning against separatism.

The Liaoning and accompanying vessels entered Taiwan's air defense zone on Tuesday, the same day Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a blistering nationalistic speech— warning against what he called any attempts to split China.

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