BEIJING, China - China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a 'stern warning' after the island's vice president visited the United States.
BEIJING, China - China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a"stern warning" after the island's vice president visited the United States.
The People's Liberation Army"launched joint air and sea patrols and military exercises of the navy and air force around the island of Taiwan" on Saturday, military spokesperson Shi Yi said, according to state media outlet Xinhua. Xinhua said the drills were carried out"in the waters and airspace to the north and southwest of Taiwan Island" to test the PLA's ability"to seize control of air and sea spaces" and fight"in real combat conditions".
Taiwan said it strongly condemned"such irrational and provocative behaviour" and that it would dispatch"appropriate forces" to respond"with practical actions". However, Sifu Ou at Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research told AFP he thought"the scale of PLA exercise will be moderate".Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu accused China of trying to interfere with Taiwan's presidential elections, due in January.
"Those who connive at and support 'Taiwan independence' will eventually get burnt," Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin warned on Friday.
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