China begins military drills around Taiwan after US speaker meeting

Combat readiness' exercises come after Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen met US house speaker Kevin McCarthy this week, angering Beijing

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China's military has sent dozens of planes across the Taiwan Strait median line, just hours after announcing three days of drills around Taiwan in response to the island's president, Tsai Ing-wen, visiting the US and meeting the House speaker.

Tsai met the speaker, Kevin McCarthy, while in Los Angeles in Wednesday, angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as a Chinese province it intends to annex.