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China-Taiwan news LIVE updates: China sanctions US's Pelosi over Taiwan visit
About 10 Chinese navy ships and 20 military aircraft briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait median line on Friday morning. Taipei termed China's military exercises around the island nation "highly provocative". China was set to press ahead Friday with its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan despite firm statements of condemnation by the United States, Japan and the European Union. Stay with TOI for the latest developments.Read Less
White House summons Chinese ambassador for rebuke on Taiwan response: Washington Post
The White House summoned Chinese ambassador Qin Gang on Thursday to condemn escalating actions against Taiwan and reiterate that the United States does not want a crisis in the region, the Washington Post reported on Friday. "After China's actions overnight, we summoned Ambassador Qin Gang to the White House to démarche him about (China's) provocative actions," White House spokesman John Kirby told the Washington Post.
Xinhua News Agency said Friday that fighters, bombers, destroyers and frigates were all used in what it called “joint blockage operations” taking place in six zones off the coast of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.
China sanctions US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
China has announced unspecified sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her visit earlier this week to Taiwan. A Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said Friday that Pelosi had disregarded China’s concerns and resolute opposition to her visit to the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims. Read more
China's Taiwan military drills 'a significant escalation': Antony Blinken
US secretary Blinken said there was "no justification" for the exercises launched by Beijing in response to a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets and warships around Taiwan, declaring multiple no-go danger zones in some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Read more
China: Will sanction Pelosi over Taiwan visit
China says Japan's Taiwan stance justifies the 'wrongdoers'
Japanese officials' recent statements on the current tensions in the Taiwan Strait were an attempt to justify the "wrongdoers", Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Friday during a regular briefing.
China's Taiwan drills 'disproportionate and destabilising': Australia FM
China's Taiwan military drills 'a significant escalation', says US's Blinken
Taiwan's defence ministry said the island's military has dispatched aircraft and ships and deployed land-based missile systems to monitor the situation there, as China conducts large-scale military drills in zones surrounding Taiwan.
China's military makes dozens of crossings of Taiwan median line: source
About 10 Chinese navy ships and 20 military aircraft briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait median line on Friday morning, a Taiwan source briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Taiwan Navy ships stay close to median line to monitor Chinese activities
China on Friday said that it fired missiles over Taiwan for the first time, escalating tensions in the region as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Japan, whose leaders lodged a protest with Beijing after five projectiles landed near Japanese islands.
China's military drills 'highly provocative', says Taiwan
Taipei on Friday termed China's military exercises around the island nation "highly provocative" after some Chinese aircraft and warships crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
US, Russia, China take part in talks with SE Asian nations
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined the foreign ministers of Russia and China at a meeting Friday with top diplomats from Southeast Asia at a time when the global powers are riven by tensions.
China summons European diplomats over statement on Taiwan
US will 'not allow' China to isolate Taiwan, says Pelosi
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in Tokyo on Friday that the United States will "not allow" China to isolate Taiwan, after her visit to the self-ruled island infuriated Beijing. Read more
Our friendship with Taiwan is a strong one, it is bipartisan and the House and the Senate overwhelmingly support peace & status quo in Taiwan.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Japan
They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there ... We will not allow them to isolate Taiwan. They're not doing our travel schedule, the Chinese Govt is not doing that.
Nancy Pelosi, in Japan
China lodges complaint to European countries, envoys over G7 Taiwan statements
The US House speaker was the highest-profile US official to go to Taiwan in years and defied stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its territory.
