China launched live-fire military exercises after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this week, in a trip that enraged Beijing.
China conducts live-fire military drill into the Taiwan Strait. Pic: Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation ArmyChina's military drills appear to simulate an attack, Taiwan has said, after multiple warships and aircraft crossed the island's unofficial border.
Taiwan's armed forces issued an alert, dispatched air and naval patrols, and activated land-based missile systems in response to the situation, the country's Ministry of National Defence said. China has been conducting a number of live-fire military drills across seven zones around Taiwan this week in response to aHer visit infuriated China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory rather than a self-ruled country, saying that it violated the"one-China" policy.
The principle is the diplomatic acknowledgement of China's position that there is only one Chinese government.While the drills were being conducted on Friday night, Taiwan's army said it detected four unmanned aerial vehicles flying in the vicinity off Kinmen County. The four drones, believed to be Chinese, were spotted over waters around the Kinmen island group, the nearby Lieyu Island and Beiding Island, according to Taiwan's Kinmen Defence Command.
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