New Chinese military exercises in Taiwan. This was made known by Beijing, an announcement following the surprise arrival yesterday on the island of a delegation from the US Congress , less than two weeks after the visit of the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, which provoked a harsh Chinese response.
"On August 15, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Oriental Theater organized a joint multi-service combat readiness patrol and combat exercises in the sea and airspace around Taiwan ," the Chinese military said in a statement. press release.
Beijing called the exercises a " deterrent " against Washington and Taipei in light of the visit of the US congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey.
A visit, attacks Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian, who "flagrantly violates the 'One China' principle and the three joint Sino-American communiqués, as well as China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, sending the wrong signal to the separatist forces of Taiwan's independence and exposing the true face of the United States as a disruptor and destroyer of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. "
" Taiwan belongs to China and no foreign interference is allowed ," the spokesperson concluded harshly.
(Unioneonline / L)