China has issued sterner warnings to the US, even invoking a possible military response, if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were to follow through with a visit to Taiwan in August.
China has ratcheted up warnings to the US about a planned trip to Taiwan in August by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, even suggesting a possible military response, according to new reports.
People are guided by Taiwan’s soldiers to a basement shelter during the Wanan air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday.Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills Monday and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises.When asked what kind of response China was “seriously prepared for” and if it would be a military or a diplomatic response Zhao said: “If the US side is bent on going its own way, China will take strong measures to resolutely respond and counteract.
President Joe Biden last week said the US military believed Pelosi’s possible trip to Taiwan was “not a good idea.”Taiwan’s government says only the island’s 23 million people can decide their future, and while it wants peace will defend itself if attacked. “In recent years, Chinese military planes have frequently harassed Taiwan, and the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out in February this year,” Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je told reporters, referencing concerns that a similar conflict could break out in East Asia.
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