China’s saber-rattling over Taiwan continued Saturday, as it initiated three days of military exercises.
over Taiwan continued Saturday, as it initiated three days of military exercises in responses to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen’s recent visit to the U.S. The People’s Liberation Army conducted the retaliatory drills both on the water and in the air, announcing a live-fire exercise on the Taiwan-facing island of Pingtan and sending military planes on flights over the Taiwan Strait’s median line.
“This is a stern warning against the collusion and provocations of the ‘Taiwanese independence’ separatist forces and external forces,” said a high-ranking Chinese military official in a statement announcing the exercises, according to. President Tsai had met with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in the highest-level American political reception a Taiwanese leader has received since the U.S. officially switched its diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979.
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