China is holding its biggest military exercises near Taiwan, disrupting flight routes and shipping lanes after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island.
Taiwan is preparing for a full-scale Chinese military blockade, with unprecedented live-fire drills in its territorial waters and airspace, following a visit by the US House Speaker. He has accused China of following North Korea’s lead by firing missiles at or near foreign waters.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fired shells into the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland for the first time, state media reported, and warships and aircraft crossed the median line of the waterway A Chinese missile destroyer was spotted operating east of the island this morning and Taoyuan Airport, which