Beijing, Aug. 4 (PTI): The Chinese military on Thursday said it has conducted precision strikes over the Taiwan Strait and “expected results” were achieved, in apparent retaliation to the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei disregarding Beijing’s vociferous warnings. China views Taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and has long vowed to reunify the island with the Chinese mainland, by force if necessary. Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, the first by a sitting US Speaker in 25 years, has angered China. As the 82-year-old top Democrat left Taiwan on Wednesday, there were already signs of the strains her visit to Taipei had placed on Washington’s testy relationship with Beijing — which warned the Biden administration that her trip would have a “severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations”. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a long-range strike exercise on Thursday a
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Joint military exercises around the island of Taiwan by the Chinese People s Liberation Army (PLA) continued Wednesday with a joint blockade, sea assault and land and air combat trainings, involving the use of advanced weapons including J-20 stealth fighter jets and DF-17 hypersonic missiles after the drills started on Tuesday evening, when US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed on the island which seriously violates China s sovereignty.
Social media has been carrying videos of People s Liberation Army (PLA) equipment such as rocket launchers moving across China by train, with many suggesting this is part of PLA exercises designed to display Beijing s displeasure at the planned Taiwan visit of Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
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