China stages military exercises as U.S. lawmakers visit Taiwan; Sen. Lindsay Graham says Beijing must "pay a greater price"

China mentioned its military staged exercises Friday to bolster its risk to make use of drive to deliver Taiwan below its management, as U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan made a pointed and public declaration of their help for the self-governing island democracy whereas issuing a warning to China.The six lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday morning and have been additionally scheduled to satisfy with the island’s protection minister.The military drills performed by the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command in areas reverse Taiwan have been “a countermeasure to the recent negative actions of the U.S., including the visit…