China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after leader’s US trip

FILE – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., second from right, welcomes Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as she arrives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on April 5, 2023. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday, April 8, in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) BEIJING - China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese government said, in retaliation…