Watch: Chinese tanks roll down highways as Pelosi visits Taiwan

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Beijing,
Aug
03:

As
tensions
continued
to
soar
over
the
visit
of
US
House
Speaker
Nancy
Pelosi’s
visit
to
Taiwan,
social
media
users
reported
spotting
of
heavy
movement
of
tanks
and
other
military
equipment
near
the
border
with
the
island
nation.
China
claims
Taiwan
to
be
its
own
territory.

Watch: Chinese tanks roll down highways as Pelosi visits Taiwan

Yin
Sura,
a
Chinese
social
media
handle
posted
a
video
clip
showing
a
column
of
Chinese
armoured
vehicles
on
a
busy
road
while
others
drove
past
it
in
a
car.

Another
video
showed
trucks
carrying
tanks
stationed
on
them.

Chinese
President,
Xi
Jinping
has
said
that
Beijing
is
keeping
its
eyes
open
in
the
wake
of
the
visit
by
Nancy
Pelosi’s
visit
to
Taiwan.

<strong>Our eyes open not to miss single provocation: Xi on Pelosi’s Taiwan visit</strong> Our
eyes
open
not
to
miss
single
provocation:
Xi
on
Pelosi’s
Taiwan
visit

The
Chinese
president
also
said
that
his
country
continues
to
look
at
the
world
with
eyes
open
not
to
miss
a
single
provocation
from
the
US
reactionaries.

Meanwhile
Taiwan
has
announced
increased
military
alert
levels
after
the
visit
by
Pelosi.

The
Global
Times
in
a
report
said
that
the
People’s
Liberation
Army
(PLA)
launched
massive
military
drills
around
the
island
of
Taiwan,
including
a
long-range
live
fire
drill
in
the
Taiwan
Straits
and
a
live
fire
conventional
missile
drill
to
the
east
of
the
island.

The
PLA
will
also
conduct
a
series
of
live
fire
military
drills
from
August
4
and
7
in
six
different
areas
that
encircle
the
island
of
Taiwan
from
all
directions,
Xinhua
News
Agency
reported.

A
report
by
China
Central
Television
showed
the
J-20
stealth
fighter
jets
taking
off
from
an
airfield
on
Tuesday
evening,
with
launchers
or
rockets
and
missiles
also
mobilising
under
shares
of
the
night.

Story first published: Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 12:03 [IST]





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