A real Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war and have far-reaching consequences for international trade, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday after drills by China last week practiced such a scenario.

A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait, travelling in a northerly direction after passing through waters near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas islands, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday.

A Chinese aircraft carrier group yesterday sailed through the Taiwan Strait, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said, a day after China held a live-fire exercise near Taiwan. “The Liaoning is passing through the Taiwan Strait now,