China S Forces Encircle Taiwan As They Begin Live Fire Drills
And on Thursday morning, Chinese state media reported that exercises to simulate an air and sea “blockade” around Taiwan had begun on Wednesday, but offered little hard evidence to support the claim. The military stance was a deliberate show of force after Pelosi left the island on Wednesday night, bound for South Korea. On Thursday, Taiwan’s defense ministry said its military remained in a “normal” but cautious stance and called the live-fire drills an “absurd act” that sought to “change the status quo....