TAIPEI: China's sole operational aircraft carrier passed through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, the island's defense ministry said, as Beijing steps up pressure on its democratic rival.

It comes weeks after Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen warned against what she called China's "military expansion"—the increase of air and naval drills around the island since she came to power in May 2016.

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