This undated photo taken in April 2018 shows China’s sole operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (front), sailing with other ships during a drill at sea. AFP
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s defense ministry said Wednesday that China’s military exercises in response to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi breach the island’s territorial waters.
“Some of the areas of China’s drills breach into… (Taiwan’s) territorial waters,” defense ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said at a press conference. “This is an irrational move to challenge the international order.”
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