Posted on 04/15/2022 9:38:45 AM PDT by McGruff
China said that its military staged exercises on Friday in response to U.S. lawmakers' official visit to Taiwan.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the drills conducted by the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command in areas opposite Taiwan were "a countermeasure to the recent negative actions of the U.S., including the visit of a delegation of lawmakers to Taiwan."
"Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of Chinese territory. There is no room for any foreign interference on the Taiwan issue," its statement said.
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They stopped on Guam for fuel.
They dashed into the duty free shop in the pax terminal and bought shopping carts full of booze.
GIs are only allowed a small amount when passing through or leaving the island, a bottle or 2 if I remember right.
If they even acknowledged the existence of any GIs, it was the one(s) who wheeled their cart(s) out to the plane.
Been there, saw it.
(”Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of Chinese territory. There is no room for any foreign interference on the Taiwan issue,”)
Yeah, this should end well...
Decades of bluster.
Last sentence sounds like it’s aimed at the USA (to me).
Sorry Taiwan but we’re all booked up defending Ukraine and Finland right now. We’ll get back to you once our schedule frees up. Good luck until then.
The USA has been telling the Chinese that Taiwan is theirs since Nixon said it.
It was a stupid policy then and it’s coming back to bite us.
China has a hemorrhoid on it’s ass.
At first they thought it was Taiwan.
Come to find out it was Xi.
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