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US condemns as ‘provocative’ China’s firing of missiles around Taiwan over Pelosi visit
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WASHINGTON, 06 August 2022, (TON): The US denounced as an overreaction and provocative China's show of force after the Asian superpower fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets around Taiwan, in an angry response over the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island.
White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters “China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker’s visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait.”
He added “the temperature’s pretty high, but tensions can come down very easily by just having the Chinese stop these very aggressive military drills.”
China launched a series of exercises in multiple zones around Taiwan, straddling some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and at some points just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the island’s shore following Pelosi's stunt.
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