China on Saturday conducted live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid soaring tensions over a potential visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Chinese authorities said the live-fire drills were carried out off the waters of Pingtain Island in the Fujian province. Pingtan is about 75 miles from the coast of Taiwan and about 115 miles from its capital Taipei.
Also on Saturday, China’s state broadcaster released rare footage of Chinese forces conducting live-fire drills in the South China Sea. The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is currently operating in the South China Sea after departing Singapore.
According to The South China Morning Post, China announced it would be holding the drills in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday ahead of a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Biden.
During the two-hour call, the two leaders traded warnings about Taiwan, and Xi told Biden that the US shouldn’t “play with fire” on the issue. Chinese officials have warned of a strong response if Pelosi visits the island.
At this point, it’s not clear if Pelosi will be visiting Taiwan. The house speaker announced Sunday that she is leading a congressional delegation to the Asia Pacific but didn’t say whether or not they would stop in Taiwan.
Congressional delegations to Taiwan have become more common in recent years as Washington is increasing ties with Taipei as part of its strategy against Beijing. In early July, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) visited the island, and China responded by flying warplanes over the median line that separates the Taiwan Strait.
She can keep her fake boobs out of Taiwan…………………
I think her face is fake also…
She has a ponytail of skin on the back of her head. They have to stand on her back to get enough leverage to pull any more slack out of that face. I hope that wasn’t too vivid. 😉
It wasn’t too vivid WRU but it certainly was accurate!
More reaction to our belligerence that the MSM will obligingly call aggression.
Either side of the “median line” is still international waters. Like our promise to not expand NATO beyong a reunified Germany, it looks like the end of the profit-making from China has caused us to renege on our three Communiques that established our policies regarding China/Taiwan and the One China understanding.
NOTE: We adhered to a ONE CHINA policy also from 1949 to 1979 when we recognized Taiwan as the sole government of all of China.
Playing with fire is what Wash. does best. How many fires did it start since WWII?
I think that our country has enough problems to deal with and we don’t need to invite anymore… Miss Nancy should park her backside at home and think of something more productive to do.
Being a possible catalyst for a Third World War is counter productive.
Piss on your own side of the street, not on someone else’s…
“Miss Nancy should park her backside at home”
Home being the operative word. Not House.
Home being as in the USA…
I meant retire. No House of Representatives.
I’m gonna bet she (Pelosi) goes to Taiwan… Anyone wanna bet?…
It’s been a long time since the last World War… We are about due (though I hope not)…
I bet with you that she doesn’t go… But how can I collect if I win…?! 🙂
What do you wanna bet (smart-a–)? 😉
If I was China, I’d wait to spot her plane, then send up enough fighter jets that there would be a wall between her and Taiwan – enough to make the US Navy carrier group think twice about trying to match them in quantity. Then ATC tells her to divert to a Chinese air base. Hold her plane for 24 hours, then send her packing back to the US. No shots fired, but total humiliation for the US.
Then tell the US no more US officials allowed to visit Taiwan, in the tone of “I hope you don’t like it, now what are you going to do about it?”