China has reacted furiously to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, the highest-level US visit to the island in 25 years.
In response to Pelosi’s controversial, unannounced excursion to the capital Taipei, Taiwan claimed that China sent 21 military planes into its air defence zone, while Beijing acknowledged it had scrambled its elite J-20 stealth fighter jets, while two warships were sailing in the seas to the east of the island.
Tanks were also amassed on the coast of Fujian, not far from Taiwan, with the armoured vehicles seen rumbling down the beaches as holidaymakers stood by and looked on.
