China conducts fresh drills around Taiwan as US lawmakers visit

BEIJING, 16 August 2022, (TON): China said “it had organized fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States lawmakers met the island’s leader after a similar trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heightened fears of conflict.”

The unannounced two-day trip came after Beijing sent warships, missiles and jets into the waters and skies around Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that China’s leaders claim and have vowed to one day seize.

According to Washington’s de facto embassy “the five-member congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts met with President Tsai Ing-wen.”

It said “the delegation had an opportunity to exchange views with Taiwan counterparts on a wide range of issues of importance to both the United States and Taiwan.”

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