China has launched military drills around Taiwan just days after the Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited the United States.
She met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a move that angered Beijing.
Taipei reported Saturday that more than seventy Chinese jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, the unofficial barrier between the two sides.
Chinese state media say the military is rehearsing an encirclement of the self-governing island which Beijing sees as a breakaway province.
Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan reports
In response to Beijing's outrage over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California, China has started three days of military drills surrounding Taiwan.
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command announced on Saturday that "combat readiness patrols" will continue until April 10 in China, which claims Taiwan as its own and hasn't ruled out using force to further its objectives.
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2 BBC News England
Chinese military rehearse encirclement of Taiwan - BBC News
China's military has begun rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan during three days of military drills.
Beijing - which views Taiwan as a breakaway province of China - called the operation a "stern warning" to the island's government.
The exercises began hours after President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States.
The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said 42 Chinese military planes and eight ships crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
The line is an unofficial dividing line between Chinese and Taiwanese territory.
3 DW News Germany
China starts military drills after Taiwan president's US trip | DW News
China has begun three-days of military drills around Taiwan. Beijing has called the exercises a 'serious warning against Taiwan separatist forces.' The defense ministry in Taipei said the drills threaten regional stability and security. They come after China was angered by a meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles earlier this week. Beijing views the self-ruling island as a breakaway province. 4 CGTN China
Exclusive: China holds military drills around Taiwan Island
The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched combat readiness patrols and military drills around Taiwan Island on Saturday that are scheduled to last until April 10.
3 hours ago — A Chinese warship began live-fire drills in the seas facing the Taiwan Strait, while Taiwan's Defence Ministry said it spotted 71 Chinese ...
2 hours ago — China kicked off three days of military drills and "combat readiness patrols" around the island on Saturday, just days after the Taiwanese ...
13 hours ago — China's military has sent dozens of planes across the Taiwan Strait median line, just hours after announcing three days of drills around ...
9 hours ago — It will take place in "the maritime areas and air space of the Taiwan Strait, off the northern and southern coasts of the island, and to the ...
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