A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster flew three US senators to Taiwan, provoking BeijingThe Chinese military conducted amphibious landing exercises off China’s southeastern coast, one day after the US landed a C-17 strategic transport aircraft on the self-governed island of Taiwan. The drill in the Taiwan Strait — which is shared by the island and China — came as the country’s defence ministry condemned the US landing as a “very vicious political provocation”. SponsoredWu Qian, the ministry’s spokesman, said yesterday: “If anyone dares to separate Taiwan island from China, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will give it a head-on strike and firmly defend national reunification and territorial integrity at all costs.”China perceives Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to bring the island under its control, by force if necessary. In the face of increasingly

Source: The Times June 09, 2021 11:06 UTC