China hit back over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visits to the United States by announcing live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait and leveling largely symbolic sanctions on the venue that hosted her in California.
The live-fire exercises will take place in the Taiwan Strait off Pingtan county from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, the Fujian provincial maritime administration said in a statement. Pingtan is about 80 miles from Taiwan. That came after officials in the same province announced a patrol operation in the strait.
The statement didn’t mention Tsai’s visits to New York and Los Angeles, which included meetings with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other U.S. officials and lawmakers. But they echoed past such actions and came soon after China also announced a raft of sanctions and other measures to express its displeasure.
