The missile frigate Huangshan of the PRC Navy in the South China Sea. File photoBEJING, Aug 26The People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) on Friday announced it was conducting military exercises in the air and sea off Taiwan after reports of a new US delegation arriving on the island. in the sea and airspace around Taiwan. This is a standard military exercise in response to the changing situation in the Taiwan Strait,» the PLA's Eastern Combat Command Zone said on WeChat.
The US senator called her visit to Taiwan a message for ChinaIt is noted that the command will continue training in combat training in order to protect the sovereignty and security of China, as well as stability in the Taiwan Strait. When exactly the exercises were held and whether they were completed, it was not reported. The US delegation headed with Senator Marsha Blackburn arrived in Taiwan on Thursday evening. This is the ninth US delegation that arrived on the island this year, and the fourth in a month, on August 2-3, a delegation led by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, on August 14-15 — a delegation led by Senator Ed Markey, and on August 21 In August, a delegation led by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb paid a four-day visit to Taiwan. The current visit is scheduled to last three days. China, which considers the island one of its provinces, condemned the visit, seeing the move as US support for Taiwanese separatism, and began large-scale military exercises. with the Communist Party of China, the Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between the island and mainland China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the early 1990s, the parties began to contact through non-governmental organizations — the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation. China urges Japan to stop inflating 'China threat'
