USS Ronald Reagan carrier retreats as mainland China set for day 2 of drills around Taiwan; official says | South China Morning Post

The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier escorting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's flight has retreated after Beijing's military set a shooting range to the east of Taiwan , a mainland military official said. Meng Xiangqing, a professor at the National Defence University, was quoted by state broadcaster CCTV as saying the PLA's aircraft carrier formation and nuclear submarines were taking part in the large-scale drills near the island It is unclear whether both the Liaoning or Shandong were taking part in the drills, and the ships' locations were not known. Meng said the PLA had set its shooting range to…