Chinese state media described both sorties as an effort to increase combat readiness and to practice a military pincer movement against the self-governing island.
“This means Taiwan island was surrounded from both west and east, with the PLA coming from different directions,” the Communist Party-affiliated Global Times reported.
The Biden administration signaled stronger diplomatic support for Taiwan last week by allowing U.S. Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland to accompany Palau’s leader on a visit to Taiwan. It was the first time an American ambassador had traveled to Taiwan since the Carter administration switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.
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