According to his first posts Beijingmilitary gymnasiums, which put him under an air and sea blockade Taiwan in response to her complimentary visit Nancy Pelosi they were supposed to end on Sunday. However, Chinese authorities yesterday announced the indefinite extension of high schools, heightening international concern about the potential fallout from the American Chamber president’s initiative.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Eastern Sector Command announced that the exercise in the coming days will include anti-submarine warfare scenarios, with the US Navy likely to rush to support Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion of the island. A day earlier, the Ministry of Defense in Taipei spotted 66 fighter jets and 14 Chinese warships taking part in an exercise in the straits that also included ballistic missile launches. The island’s military has announced its own three-day exercise in southern Taiwan starting today.

Yesterday, he expressed concern about the continuation of tensions in the region. Joe Biden. “I’m not afraid, but I’m worried because they (the Chinese) move the way they move, although I don’t think they are going to do anything more,” said the US president from Delaware. answering a related question.

“Peace visit”

Taiwan is Chinese territory, and the straits are Chinese territorial waters, Beijing claims.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Blinken on the sidelines of the Southeast Asian ministerial meeting held in Cambodia, stressed that Pelosi’s visit was peaceful and did not represent any change in US policy on the Taiwan issue.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin stressed that his government “will firmly protect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, resolutely prevent the United States from restricting the country on the Taiwan issue, and destroy the authorities’ delusions.” on the Americans to achieve independence.” Rejecting Washington’s objections to Chinese high schools, the same official argued that they are held “in our territorial waters” because, according to established Chinese opinion, Taiwan belongs to Chinese territory.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Singapore expressed concern about the possibility of a split between the US and China. “A storm is raging around us. Relations between the US and China are deteriorating due to unresolved issues, deep suspicions, and weak cooperation,” Li Hsien Loong said in a televised speech on the occasion of the national holiday. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong issued a call for an immediate de-escalation of tensions from Canberra. In the meantime, it became known that during August there will be joint flight exercises of combat aircraft of China and Thailand, a traditional ally of the United States.