China is resuming military maneuvers around Taiwan ahead of another visit by US lawmakers.

Chinese army confirmed that it will conduct air and sea military maneuvers around Taiwan this Monday in response to the visit of five US congressmen to the island, twelve days after Assembly President Nancy Pelosi’s visit.

Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command, said the Chinese People’s Liberation Army would take the necessary measures to “resolutely defend national sovereignty.”

The exercises consist of joint combat readiness patrols of various types and actual combat exercises in the sea and airspace around the island. Taiwanwhose sovereignty Beijing claims.

On August 11, after the completion of the maneuvers carried out in response to Pelosi’s visit, a military spokesman announced that the army would organize “regular combat patrols” in the waters around Taiwan.

Ministry of Defense spokesman China On Monday, Wu Qian said the US politicians’ visit was a “blatant violation” of the One China principle. In addition, Wu pointed out that the PLA continues to “prepare troops for war” in order to “crush any form of separatist plans and foreign interference for independence Taiwan”.

China accuses US of meddling

“The United States is infringing on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ChinaThis was stated today by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin in response to the arrival of the US delegation to Taiwan. He said the trip was tantamount to “ignoring” China’s “protests and firm opposition” to the United States.

The Chinese representative accused “certain American politicians” of “colluding with separatists from Taiwan that challenge the “one China” principle and warned that these actions “will not succeed.” China will take action to “protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Wang warned.

Chinese “heightened military threat”

A US delegation that plans to visit other parts of the Indo-Pacific in addition to Taiwanconsists of both Republican and Democratic senators and congressmen who will meet with Taiwanese leaders on regional security and trade issues during their two-day stay.

Although in recent years China conducted other exercises in the strait TaiwanThose related to the current crisis, which began with Pelosi’s visit, “cover a larger area, include more military elements and are expected to be very effective,” Chinese defense experts quoted local media as saying.

Taiwan He described the Chinese military presence in the aforementioned areas as a “blockade” and the island’s president, Cai Ing-wen, called China’s “deliberately heightened military threat” “irresponsible.”

Chinawho called Pelosi’s visit a “farce” and a “deplorable betrayal” and believes Taiwan a rebellious province since the Kuomintang Nationalists withdrew in 1949 after losing a civil war against the Communists. (As reported by EFE)