The Chinese exercises, centred on six locations around the island that China claims as its own, began on Thursday and were scheduled to last until midday on Sunday.
governed this island since the end of china s civil war. and taiwan says they have a military, they have their own government, they acted as if they were a sovereign nation. but because china basically has bullied them economically and also diplomatically, most countries around the world do not officially recognize taiwan as a country. but a lot of democracies have friendships and economic relations with taiwan, and they hope that pelosi being here, she ll be able to take what s she learns here about taiwan democracy, bring it back to washington, and might shape policy decisions if taiwan does need help from the united states and international community, if china does not make a move. will ripley, propitious, thank you, i appreciate it. yeah. we ve got more coming up on key primaries tonight, like arizona, where election deniers are all over the ballot. that is next.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says the Russian invasion of Ukraine offers a lesson and pledges to protect the self-ruled island which China regards as a renegade province to be reunited, by force if necessary.