China to launch targeted military operations due to Pelosi visit

GBNews24 Desk//

The Chinese military has been put on high alert and will launch “targeted military operations” in response to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China’s defence ministry said.

Separately, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said it will conduct joint military operations near Taiwan starting Tuesday night, and will test-launch conventional missiles in the sea east of Taiwan, Al Jazeera reports.

China has branded a landmark visit to Taiwan by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “extremely dangerous,” says BBC in a report.

It accused Mrs Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit the island China claims as its own, of “playing with fire”.

“Those who play with fire will perish by it,” Beijing warned in a statement.