U.S. sends carrier into South China Sea as Chinese bombers fly near Taiwan

The USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 15. -U.S. NAVY

The Japan Times/ANN, Jan 24: The U.S. sent an aircraft carrier strike group into the disputed South China Sea the same day China dispatched a fleet of 13 warplanes — including nuclear-capable bombers — into the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).

The dispatch of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group to the waterway on Saturday was seen as an implicit message to China just days after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden amid a lowpoint in Sino-American ties.