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Taiwan (from 12) according to MSN news, in the PRC’s latest
show of force.
renewed its “rock solid” commitment to
Taiwan. At least seven aircraft arrived to tempo-
rarily cross the median that separates the
Provocative military activity Taiwan Strait and marks the beginning of
“The United States is very concerned by... the island’s ADIZ.
China’s provocative military activity near
Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscal- Taiwan’s response
culations and undermines regional peace Taiwan responded by declaring an alert to
and stability,” the U.S. state department its forces and warning Chinese aircraft and
said at the time. ships to immediately fall back, according
to the ministry’s statement, posted on its
Four H-6 bombers, which can carry nuclear Twitter account, MSN news reported.
weapons, and an anti-submarine aircraft
were among those that fl ew in two waves On August 2, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
over the course of the day. Observers felt and a democratic congressional delegation
these incursions were just to remind the visited Taiwan. Pelosi’s visit drew mixed
world how small Taiwan is and how power- reviews from both the U.S. and world
ful the mainland can be. press.
According to reporting in the N.Y. Post,
“The delegation received a hero’s welcome
in Taiwan on Tuesday as they followed
through with a visit that brought condem-
nation and threats of a military response
from China and could severe already
strained relations between Washington and
Beijing.”
Taiwan’s current president
Tsai-Ing Wen earned a doc- U.S. “will not abandon Taiwan”
torate in law from the Long- Speaker Pelosi said she wanted to make it
don School of Economics.
Chiang Kai-Shek is at right. “unequivocally clear” the US will not aban-
Showing its might don Taiwan after meeting Taiwanese Presi-
China has continued showing its military dent Tsai Ing-wen and visiting the self-
might and superiority over Taiwan, which ruled island’s legislature on Wednesday,
only has a small military. CNN reported.
Last year, according to AFP, China fl ew 969 China loudly criticized the visit. China’s
air incursions into the ADIZ, more than Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Pelosi’s
double the number fl own in 2020. visit a “complete farce” and warned that
“those who play with fi re will perish.”
As recently as August, fi ve Chinese war-
ships and 17 Chinese fi ghter jets ap- The trip to Taipei went ahead despite
proached Taiwan’s maritime security line, warnings from Biden administration offi -
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