China announced more military exercises around Taiwan as the island’s president met with members of a new delegation from the US Congress Monday, in a further show of support among US lawmakers for the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.
The visit came less than two weeks after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, which sparked days of threatening military exercises by China, including firing missiles over the ‘island and the Taiwan Strait.
China sees formal contacts between US politicians and the island’s government as support for its independence from Beijing.
On Monday, the People’s Liberation Army announced additional joint exercises in the seas and skies surrounding Taiwan, the Defense Ministry and its Eastern Theater Command said in a statement.