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PLA to conduct military operations around Taiwan island as Pelosi visits

2022-08-03 09:10:21       source:CGTN

August 3, 2022


The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) said it will launch a series of targeted military operations around Taiwan island as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in the Taiwan region on Tuesday for a visit in disregard of China's opposition.


China's Defense Ministry "is on high alert and will launch a series of targeted military operations as countermeasures," said Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, and vowed to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity and resolutely thwart the interferences of external forces and plots of "Taiwan independence" separatists.


The PLA Eastern Theater Command said it would launch a series of joint military operations around Taiwan island starting from Tuesday night.


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