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China Stages More 'Combat Drills' Near Taiwan During US Lawmakers' Visit

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The Chinese regime staged more military drills around Taiwan on Aug. 15, as a group of U.S. lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The five-member U.S. congressional delegation, led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), arrived in Taipei late on Aug. 14. Their unannounced two-day trip came on the heels of a similar visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that drew the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The Chinese military organized “multi-service joint combat readiness patrols” and “actual combat drills” in the sea and air spaces near Taiwan, Wu Qian, spokesperson of Beijing’s Defense Ministry said in an Aug. 15 statement.
The new drills were a “resolute response and solemn deterrence to U.S-Taiwan collusion,” Wu said. “The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues to train and prepare for war.”
The communist regime in Beijing views the self-ruled island as its own territory, to be taken by force if necessary. It is also against any official exchanges between Taiwan and other governments around the world that might suggest its status as a de facto island-state.

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