CV-16 CBG spotted by JMSDF traveling through Miyako strait into western Pacific around Dec 16.

Accordingly earlier another fleet of PLAN ships traveled in the same route.

CV-16 route from Dec 16 to Dec 27. On the day Dec 22, the CBG traveled 470 nm (870 km) in a single day, reaching about 300 km west of Guam, where it loiter from Dec 23 to Dec 25.

About the same time CV-17 was conducting live exercise in S.China Sea, CV-16 was conducting training sorties in W.Pacific. Photos mostly courtesy of paparazzi self defence force.