US & China
China Sets Military Exercises After Taiwan Leader’s US Visits
Tsai Ing-wen shakes hands with Kevin McCarthy in Simi Valley, California, US, on April 5.
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China’s military will conduct military exercises off its coast near Taiwan, the government said, days after the island’s president returned home from a trip that included stops in New York and Los Angeles.
The live-fire exercises will take place in the Taiwan Strait off Pingtan county from 7am to 8pm on April 10, the Fujian provincial maritime administration said in a statement. Pingtan is about 80 miles (130 kilometers) from Taiwan.