This Saturday July 30, China unveiled a exercise with ammunition actual executed in Taiwan while discussing the possibility of a trip by the leader of the House of Representatives of the USA, Nancy Pelosi. “The trip would defy China’s red line, and any challenge to our red line will certainly be met with strong countermeasures,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Asian country during the announcement.
Likewise, the Global Times commentator Hu Xijin, affiliated with the Xi Jinping government, stated via social media that “if US warplanes escort Pelosi’s plane to Taiwan, it is an invasion. In that sense, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has the right to forcibly expel Pelosi’s plane and American fighter jets,” he concluded.
In recent days, China and the United States have exchanged a series of messages regarding the visit of the US official to Taipei, a trip that would be the first to be carried out by a high-ranking US government official since 1997.
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Recently, Joe Biden reaffirmed his respect for the status quo in Taiwan, while the Chinese nation asked the US president to respect the “one China” principle. “Playing with fire will make you burn yourself,” the Foreign Ministry warned the 79-year-old Democratic leader.
Both Joe Biden and Xi Jinping maintained an “honest and direct” telephone communication, which lasted two hours and in which the North American leader tried to reassure his Chinese counterpart.