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Post by Admin on Aug 3, 2022 20:22:52 GMT
‘Hegemonic Mentality And Gangster Logic’: China Condemns Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit 170,747 views Aug 3, 2022 “The U.S. side will bear the responsibility and pay the price for undermining China's sovereignty and security interests," said Hua Chunying, spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry.
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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2022 1:08:12 GMT
Washington is on edge as China readies a series of provocative military drills set to kick off on Thursday in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Beijing has threatened incursions into the island’s territory, and for the first time, conventional missile launches over the island. The Chinese navy is positioning warships around the island, including its two aircraft carriers that have left port in recent days, in what officials described as a blockade. The Chinese defense ministry released a map of six zones surrounding the island where it plans to conduct the drills, some of which potentially overlap with Taiwan’s territorial waters. The live-fire exercises will begin at noon local time on Thursday and last three days. Meanwhile, Taiwan was forced to scramble fighter jets on Wednesday to respond to 27 Chinese military aircraft that flew through its air defense zone, a large area that includes Taiwan’s airspace and extends over mainland China, according to its defense ministry, following a similar incursion on Tuesday. Twenty-two of those crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait, which sits 12 nautical miles from the shore and separates the island from mainland China. Crossing the center line is a rare move that Beijing preserves for sending stronger signals, but Beijing has done so before — pushing aircraft over the median line for the first time in 20 years in 2019, and has done so again on several occasions since then. Officials say they see China’s moves thus far as mostly bluster. But there are signs Beijing is planning more provocative military actions during the upcoming exercise. China has never before flown aircraft or launched missiles into Taiwan’s territorial waters — something that could happen during the drills, said Bonnie Glaser, an East Asia analyst at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2022 6:10:09 GMT
Ex-CIA chief predicts Chinese President's next moves after Pelosi's Taiwan trip 375,485 views Aug 3, 2022 Ret. Gen. David Petraeus, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, tells CNN's John Avlon why Chinese President Xi Jinping may try to avoid conflict with the US and Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to the democratic, self-governing island. #CNN #News
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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2022 14:00:37 GMT
China launches ballistic missiles during Taiwan drills - BBC News 111,404 views Aug 4, 2022 China has begun its biggest-ever military exercises in the seas around Taiwan.
Taiwan's defence ministry has said China has fired multiple ballistic missiles during a drill.
It comes after US politician Nancy Pelosi made a brief but controversial visit to Taiwan, which China regards as a breakaway province.
The drills are Beijing's main response, with Taiwan saying it amounts to a sea and air blockade.
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Post by Admin on Aug 5, 2022 7:10:10 GMT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrapped up her two-day visit to Seoul on Thursday, but her non-in-person meeting with the president has led to controversy among South Koreans.
Pelosi is the first sitting speaker to visit South Korea since Dennis Hastert visited Seoul in 2002. She met her counterpart, Kim Jin-pyo, the speaker of the National Assembly, and agreed to support both governments’ efforts to achieve denuclearization and peace on the peninsula under strong deterrence against North Korea.
However, public criticism has soared over South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol — who skipped an in-person meeting with Pelosi due to his being on his summer vacation in his nation's capital, Seoul.
Despite her official visit to Seoul, the South Korean presidential office gave several responses over the meeting with Pelosi.
PELOSI DOESN'T MENTION TAIWAN IN SOUTH KOREA, AS CHINA LAUNCHES RETALIATORY MISSILE STRIKES
Initially the president's office told reporters that the meeting between Yoon and Pelosi was not arranged because of Yoon’s scheduled summer vacation. Then it suddenly said that it was coordinating with Pelosi’s office to arrange a meeting, but then reversed its announcement again, saying there was no coordination between the two offices.
Although Yoon has been staying at his home in Seoul, his office finally confirmed on Thursday that the two would have a phone call and not a face-to-face meeting. The call between the two lasted 40 minutes.
Earlier on the trip, she met with the leaders of Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan before she arrived in Seoul. She is also expected to have a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday.
SOUTH KOREA CANCELS FLIGHTS TO TAIWAN AMID CHINESE LIVE-FIRE MILITARY DRILLS
Choi Young-bum, the senior presidential secretary for public relations, said the decision not to have a meeting with Pelosi was made based on "the national interest."
However, the official refused to answer further questions from reporters on what "the national interest" referred to in this situation.
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