China has announced three days of military exercises around Taiwan amid anger in Beijing over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting in California with the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy.China, which claims Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve its aims, will hold “combat readiness patrols” from April 8 to 10, the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command said in a brief statement on Saturday.Command spokesman Senior Colonel Shi Yi said United Sharp Sword would involve police patrol drills in the Taiwan Strait, “to the north and south of Taiwan, and in the sea and airspace to the east of Taiwan”.
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