PINGTAN: China simulated “sealing off” Taiwan during a third day of wargames around the self-ruled island on today, as the United States deployed a naval destroyer into Beijing-claimed waters in a show of force.
China launched the exercises in response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen last week meeting US House speaker Kevin McCarthy, an encounter it had warned would provoke a furious response.After two days of exercises that included simulating targeted strikes on Taiwan and encirclement of the island, the Chinese military said the wargames also included “sealing” it off. One of China’s two aircraft carriers also “participated in today’s exercise,” the military said.
Tsai met McCarthy outside Los Angeles on her way home from a visit with two allied countries in Central America. In August last year, China deployed warships, missiles and fighter jets around Taiwan in its largest show of force in years following a trip to the island by McCarthy’s predecessor, Nancy Pelosi. Tsai met with McCarthy last week in the United States, rather than in Taiwan.
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