Drill around Taiwan to warn US: China
BEIJING, May 25
China’s military said on Wednesday it recently conducted an exercise around Taiwan as a “solemn warning” against its “collusion” with the United States, Chinese state media reported.
US President Joe Biden angered China on Monday by appearing to signal a change in a US policy of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan by saying the United States would get involved militarily if China were to attack the island.
But he said on Tuesday there was no change to US policy.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said it had recently carried out a patrol and drill in the airspace and sea around Taiwan.
“This is a solemn warning against recent collusion between the United States and Taiwan,” said spokesman for the command, Shi Yi said, according to state television. — Reuters
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