Response to Pelosi's trip to Taiwan: China is planning live ammunition exercises - now even Japan is worried

Created: 08/03/2022 10:09 am

By: Franziska Schwarz

The visit of US top politician Pelosi to the conflict partner enraged China.

Japan also has its say - news ticker on Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

• Conflict

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  China

  : Pelosi pledges US support for Taiwan

• Military exercises

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  Tawain

  : Government in Taipei complains about "irrational step"

• Pelosi visit

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  Taiwan

  : Japan concerned about planned Chinese maneuvers 

• This

  news ticker on

  Nancy Pelosi's visit

  to Taiwan

  is continuously updated.

Munich/Taipei - Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan despite all warnings from China.

- and assures the country of the support of the USA.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday (3 August), said her visit was also a sign "that we are proud of our enduring friendship."

Tsai stressed that Taiwan will not back down in the face of Chinese threats and will stand by "the line of defense of democracy."

Previously, China had apparently provoked a fighter jet maneuver.

Conflict with China: Pelosi pledges US support for Taiwan

Pelosi's Taiwan visit is controversial.

The politician of President Joe Biden's Democratic Party is the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.

The communist leadership in Beijing sees Taiwan as part of the People's Republic of China, even though it was governed independently before it was founded in 1949.

While the US does not officially recognize Taiwan as an independent state, it does support the country's government.

China and Taiwan: That's what the conflict is about

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Military exercises around Tawain: Government in Taipei laments “irrational step”

Now China has announced "targeted military action".

A series of military maneuvers in waters around Taiwan is planned.

Among other things, long-range live ammunition is to be fired in the Taiwan Strait - the strait between Taiwan and mainland China.

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Taiwan accused China on Wednesday of wanting to partially invade Taiwanese territorial waters during the planned maneuvers.

A spokesman for the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense spoke of an "irrational step" with which Beijing is challenging the international order.

Nancy Pelosi welcomes Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei.

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Pelosi visit to Taiwan: Japan concerned about planned Chinese maneuvers 

The Japanese government, however, expressed "concern" about the planned Chinese maneuvers.

These concerns have been conveyed to the Chinese side, government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said.

The area near Taiwan, where China is planning maneuvers from Thursday (4 August), overlaps with Japan's exclusive economic zone.

Japan is a key US ally.