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China begins military exercises around Taiwan as Nancy Pelosi visits BeijingWithin minutes of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s landing on Taiwan on Tuesday night, China launched a “series of joint military operations around the island,” including the use of long-range live ammunition in the Taiwan Strait. It said it would begin immediately, media reports said. . The People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command announced Tuesday night that a series of exercises would take place in the sea and air around Taiwan, an autonomous island China claims to be sovereign territory, CNN reported. . “This action is a solemn deterrent to...
