Pelosi defends her visit to the island
Taiwan conducts live-fire military exercises
Taiwanese watching army exercises with live ammunition.
EPA
Yesterday, the Taiwanese army conducted military exercises with live ammunition, which included a simulation of defending the island, while US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her visit to the island.
An AFP correspondent at the scene witnessed the start of the operation in Pingtung county in southern Taiwan, with the firing of flares and artillery shelling.
China launched its largest air and sea military exercises around Taiwan last week, in response to Pelosi's visit to the island.
On the other hand, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said during a press conference yesterday, "Any attempt by armed force to oppose the course of history and reunification will inevitably face the resolute opposition of the entire Chinese people.
That would be an overestimation of capabilities, and an expression of recklessness and failure.”
The Chinese army confirmed that its exercises continued yesterday, with the participation of the air force and the navy.
The Eastern Command of the Chinese army said in a statement that it is conducting exercises around the island, focusing on joint operations of siege and support.
For her part, Pelosi defended yesterday her visit to Taiwan, describing it as absolutely worth doing, and that the United States cannot allow China to isolate the island.
"We cannot allow the Chinese government to isolate Taiwan," Pelosi said in an interview on NBC's "Today."
They will not determine who can go to Taiwan.”
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden signed a law yesterday to grant $52 billion in aid to the semiconductor production sector in particular in the United States.
He stressed that this investment in these key parts of the modern electronics industry would help strengthen his country's competitive position in the economic field in the 21st century.
The law also allocates tens of billions of dollars for research and development.
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