China publicizes new Taiwan drills as US delegation visits

China introduced extra navy 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 assist 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. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s journey to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening navy workouts 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 assist for its independence from Beijing.

Additional joint drills within the seas and skies surrounding Taiwan have been introduced by the People’s Liberation Army on Monday, the Defense Ministry and its Eastern Theater Command stated in a press release.