News Snapshot:
Starting from Thursday, China has said that it will carry out five days of “necessary and just” military drills in the seas around Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to the island, which came in defiance of Beijing’s repeated warnings, a media report said. According to the BBC report, China made the announcement shortly after Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after her brief and controversial visit. “The exercises will take place in some of the world’s busiest waterways and will include long-range live ammunition shooting,” the report quoted China as saying. Meanwhile in response, Taiwan said that it...
