BEIJING: China was due to hold live-fire drills on Monday to round off three days of military exercises in response to Taiwan's president meeting with the US House speaker.
Chinese fighter jets and warships simulated strikes on the self-ruled island over the weekend in exercises that sparked condemnation from Taipei and calls for restraint from Washington.Dubbed 'Joint Sword,' the three-day operation has included rehearsing an encirclement of Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command said.
''There is no reason for Beijing to turn this transit — which was consistent with longstanding US practice and policy — into something it is not or use it as pretext to overreact,' a Defense Department spokesperson said Sunday, referring to Tsai's stop in California.The United States has been deliberately ambiguous on whether it would defend Taiwan militarily, although for decades it has sold weapons to Taipei to help ensure its self-defence.
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