Senior US national security official says Chinese military exercises near Taiwan are ‘concerning’ – follow the latest news
The US said on Thursday that China’s launch of ballistic missiles around Taiwan was an overreaction to the visit of US House speaker. “China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker’s visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around theChina has called the US “the biggest saboteur of peace”, as its foreign ministry spokesperson slammed the US and US House speaker“Pelosi’s stunt is another bankruptcy of US politics, diplomacy and credibility.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken said Thursday he “hopes very much that Beijing will not manufacture a crisis or seek a pretense to increase its aggressive military action.” The Biden administration postponed a routine test launch of an air force Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing amid China’s show of force near Taiwan, the Wall Street JournalUS officials did not say how long the delay might last, but one said it might last 10 days, the report added.
In an interview with MSNBC on Thursday, Kirby said: “We’ve been watching this very, very closely. It’s concerning. It’s not just concerning to us, but it’s concerning, of course, to the people ofTaiwan’s defence ministry said its troops fired flares late on Thursday to deter four drones that flew above the area of its Kinmen islands, which are just off the southeastern coast of China, Reuters reports.Strait on Thursday, according to Taipei’s defence ministry.
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