China introduced extra army drills round Taiwan because the island’s president met with members of a brand new U.S. congressional delegation Monday, in an extra signal of help amongst American lawmakers for the self-governing island Beijing claims as its personal.
The go to got here lower than two weeks after U.S. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s journey to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening army workout routines by China, together with the firing of missiles over the island and into the Taiwan Strait.
China regards formal contacts between U.S. politicians and the island’s authorities as help for its independence from Beijing.
Extra joint drills within the seas and skies surrounding Taiwan have been introduced by the Individuals’s Liberation Military on Monday, the Protection Ministry and its Jap Theater Command mentioned in an announcement.
