China also carried out military demonstrations against Taiwan for several days last year when the then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan
China-Taiwan Conflict: China has sent a large number of fighter jets and airships near Taiwan and these Chinese jets have become a serious threat to Taiwan’s security.
China is showing its fury when Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen visited the US this week and during this she met with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, in California.
According to the report, Beijing is fuming with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US leaders and has launched three days of military drills around Taiwan.
The Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said in a brief statement on Saturday that China, which claims Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve its objectives, will Will conduct “exercise to combat” till.
Where is China conducting maneuvers?
The exercise, named United Sharp Sword, is being conducted in the Taiwan Strait to the north and south of Taiwan Island as well as the sea and airspace to its east.
The PLA said, that “this is a solemn warning against the collusion and provocation of Taiwan independence separatist forces and external forces, and it is a necessary action to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
China claims Taiwan as its own, while Taiwan considers itself an independent and sovereign country. Therefore, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen reached his home on Friday to meet McCarthy, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Beijing had threatened retaliation even before the meeting took place and China’s Shandong aircraft carrier was spotted en route to the western Pacific Ocean via waters southeast of Taiwan.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it was monitoring the situation and would respond appropriately to protect the island.
The Taiwan Defense Ministry said in a statement that China was using Tsai’s visit to the US “as a pretext to conduct military exercises that have seriously damaged regional peace, stability and security.”
The statement further said, “The Army will respond with a calm, rational and serious attitude, and will act according to the principles of ‘neither raise nor tolerate disputes’ to safeguard national sovereignty and national security.” ”
China imposed many restrictions
On Friday, Beijing announced tougher sanctions against Taiwan’s ambassador to the US, Hsiao Bi-Khim, and the Ronald Reagan Library where Tsai and McCarthy met. Let us tell you that last year also the then US House of Representative Nancy Pelosi had visited Taiwan and at that time also China had conducted fierce exercises.
During that time China fired several missiles over Taiwan and organized a war for several days.
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry previously said that it “detected three ships and 13 aircraft at 6 a.m. local time. 4 of the aircraft had crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southeast ADIZ”. Was”.
Let us tell you that apart from this, a delegation of US legislators led by Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is in Taiwan and is scheduled to meet Tsai later on Saturday.