China Escalates Threats Against Taiwan

“China has announced additional live-fire drills in the Bohai and Yellow seas, as Beijing broadcasts its fury over a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) with military exercises near the island,” the Washington Post reports.

“The exercises are Beijing’s greatest show of force around Taiwan since the last cross-strait crisis of 1995 to 1996 — in what it calls a warning to ‘provocateurs’ who challenge Beijing’s claims over Taiwan, the self-governing democracy of 23 million.”

Wall Street Journal: China’s war games showcase new tools to intimidate Taiwan.