China conducts military exercises off Taiwan after warning Pelosi to scrap visit
by Associated Press in Beijing from World news | The Guardian on (#61ZS6)
PLA carries out live-fire exercises' after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told not to visit the island democracy
China said it was conducting military exercises off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy.
The ruling Communist party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), was conducting live-fire exercises" near the Pingtan islands off Fujian province from 8am to 9pm, the official Xinhua news agency said. The Maritime Safety Administration warned ships to avoid the area.
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